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A fantastic anthology of re-imaged fairy tales with a focus on female heroines! A lot of variety in stories, but I enjoyed them all!

I read an update format of this anthology, the comics looked great, but the text based stories had a bit too much text on a page.

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4.0

when it was good it was very very good and when it was bad it was mediocre

this was a great collection! it could have done with another round of proof-editing -- one of the text stories in particular really would've benefited from another pair of eyes -- but i enjoyed myself immensely overall. even the worst of the stories committed no greater sin then being too straightforward retellings, nothing bad, just okay. i'm too lazy to review story by story so for a sample i'm gonna copy-paste what i messaged my friend after finishing one of them

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there are also multiple really good dragon stories so like. everything you could possibly want in a fairytale anthology! 4 stars

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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4.0

This is a lovely collection from some of my favorite web-comic writers and artists, including the team behind "Namesake." The art is beautiful and the stories are retellings and twists on more obscure fairy tales (including Snow White and Rose Red, a childhood favorite of mine). All of the stories are told from a female-centric viewpoint and many of them have strong LGBTQ themes at a G rating, something that's often difficult to find. There's also a huge spread of cultures represented both in the origin of the fairy tales and the cast of characters. Every child is bound to find a princess that matches her outside and inside.

As with any collection, some stories are better than others, some art is better than others, but most of the time the only issue I had with a story is it seemed far too short and I could tell there was a much longer piece waiting just outside the page count. Aside from these unfinished-feeling tales, I'd highly recommend this to anyone who loves a good fairy tale twist and especially kiddos who need a diverse hero in their lives.

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3.0

This is a collection of short stories. Most are done in a graphic novel format but there are a few written short stories as well. Some were better than others, which always holds try for collections but I felt like all of them were worth reading. There were some I really enjoyed and especially the various forms of representation that were written/drawn had me excited for each new story.

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4.0

I thought this was lovely! I really liked the tale of the Little Mermaid.

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