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By: Book Review: The Princess Curse by Merrie Haskell | The Book Smugglers

Book Review: The Princess Curse by Merrie Haskell | The Book Smugglers — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:23:46 +0000

[...] of my favorite fairy tales, though when done well it can be phenomenal (Juliet Marillier’s Wildwood Dancing remains my favorite retelling), but Beauty and the Beast? The heartbreaking despair of the [...]

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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 03:16:12 +0000

[...] both are missing that extra OOMF. That WOW factor that makes a truly wondrous retelling work (see Juliet Marillier’s Wildwood Dancing or Shannon Hale’s The Goose Girl for examples of what I’m talking about). Though it wasn’t [...]

By: Collette

Collette — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:48:42 +0000

Man, you guys are killing me. My to-buy list just keeps getting longer and longer.

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:17:56 +0000

Great review, Thea. I kind of read your reviews backwards, having just read your review of Cybele’s Secret first. Both books sound amazing. Thanks for the recommendation.

By: MaryK

MaryK — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:12:39 +0000

Hey, I love the Princess and the Frog fairytale! I haven’t come across it in a novel before.

Thanks for doing the review. I looked at the Amazon reviews a while back and wasn’t convinced to try it.

(Y’all should do a books-based-on-fairytales book week sometime. )

By: Thea

Thea — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:26:45 +0000

Adrienne – My pleasure I have no scruples when it comes to book pimpage! And frogs are just AWESOME. I love them so! I want my own Gogu.

Li – It is wonderful, and I am positive you will love it – especially since you’ve read and loved her Sevenwaters books! You can read Cybele’s Secret without reading Wildwood Dancing, but you might miss some of the references (especially to Paula’s older sister, Tati). So…I’d probably say read Wildwood first, if you can! I hope you get a chance to read both, I’d love to hear what you think of them

By: Li

Li — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:57:09 +0000

It sounds wonderful!

I’ve “Cybele’s Secret” in my TBR pile, but haven’t read it because someone said I should really read “Wildwood Dancing” first. Would you agree with that?

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:44:48 +0000

Thanks for another awesome review-my To Buy List on my blackberry grows daily. At the rate you are recommending these book, I will have reading material for the next two years This sounds so good, and what is there not to love about frogs?

By: Thea

Thea — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:09:54 +0000

Celia – I loved this book so much. One of those books you finish with a happy smile on your face and that contented feeling Sigh. And thank you for the recommendations!! I haven’t read either of those books, so I’ll definitely have to check them out

Angie – I had no idea Robin McKinley wrote a short take on the fable! *adds to Amazon list* Thanks! And Cybele’s Secret was awesome too in a completely different way (well, to me anyways!). I’ll have my review up in a bit!

By: Angie

Angie — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:23:31 +0000

Have you read Robin McKinley’s short story retelling of 12 Dancing Princesses? It’s in her THE DOOR IN THE HEDGE collection and I have always loved it. Glad this one was a win for you! I loved CYBELE’S SECRET as well. But I had a soft spot for Paula the whole way through WILDWOOD DANCING.