If you haven't noticed by now, I have a weakness for fairy tales and retellings. These stories are classics for a reason and I enjoy seeing how other reinterpret them. The most recent series of retellings that I've read is K.M. Shea's series: 'Timeless Fairy Tales.' So far, there are seven books available in this series with an eighth coming out in December of this year (I can't wait!). The series starts with the tale of 'Beauty and the Beast' and then starts moving its way through the other fairy tales, and while each story is a stand-alone book, the author has, ingeniously, woven them all together in the same world with a 'bigger picture' going on and each story giving you a little more information about a bigger plotline. However, these fairy tales are not the ones you remember, yes, they are based upon them and the essence of the stories remain the same, but the details are very much different. Being, technically, stand-alone books, you can read them out of order, however, I would not recommend doing so in as there is a deeper storyline going on than simply each fairy tale. As such, you will want to read them in order. Series order is as follows:
- Beauty and the Beast
- The Wild Swans
- Cinderella and the Colonel
- Rumpelstiltskin
- The Little Selkie
- Puss and Boots
- Swan Lake
- Sleeping Beauty (expected publication: Dec. 2016)
There are also several mini-stories available on the author's website that tie-in to each of these books (and some of them into more than one.) The books are available on Amazon as ebooks or as paperback copies. However, although not all the books have been released as paperbacks, the author has told me that they will all be available that way eventually. There's just a little back-log at the moment as she is re-editing some of the earlier books for re-release.
I absolutely loved this series, and would definitely recommend it to anyone that enjoys fairy tales/retellings!
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