Ory told from the not so kind fairy godmother’s point of view to the Bluebeard tale showing the lure of this dark and dangerous man that drives young girls to rush willingly to their fateForeword by Anna Kashina“A Necklace of Rubies” by Cindy Lynn Speer“Come Lady Death” by Peter S Beagle; “Summer Wind” by Nancy Kress“Str.
once free upon download curse kindle Once Upon ebok Once Upon a Curse MOBIOry told from the not so kind fairy godmother’s point of view to the Bluebeard tale showing the lure of this dark and dangerous man that drives young girls to rush willingly to their fateForeword by Anna Kashina“A Necklace of Rubies” by Cindy Lynn Speer“Come Lady Death” by Peter S Beagle; “Summer Wind” by Nancy Kress“Str.
PDF Anna Kashina Î Once Upon a Curse PDF É Once Upon PDF \ Î once free, upon download, curse kindle, Once Upon ebok, Once Upon a Curse MOBILike most anthologies this is a mixed bag there's the great stories there's the decent ones and then there's the terrible ones With a total of eleven myth fairy tale retellings Once Upon a Curse contains examples of all threeI couldn't bother to review the six stories that turned out either bad or unremarkable I've already largely forgotten them in any case But the overall rating of 3 might
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PDF Anna Kashina Î Once Upon a Curse PDF É Once Upon PDF \ Î once free, upon download, curse kindle, Once Upon ebok, Once Upon a Curse MOBI‘Once Upon A Curse’ is a collection of stories and fairy tales by a handful of authors Some new some well known all very capable Like many fairy tales these stories are not for children Some travel familiar paths and some re invent myth All feel fresh and original The first story ‘A Necklace Of Rubies by Cindy Lynn Speer retells the tale of Bluebeard I have read the story before in another similarly themed anthology and enjoyed discovering it all over again A young woman is wooed by a mysterious man – already sounds like a fairy tale doesn’t it? – and after they wed she discovers not all is as it seems The writing is spellbinding and the pace perfect The repetition of several motifs the foxes the jewels and the motto ‘Be Bold’ lures the reader into the story and keeps them there I am not familiar with the original tale but this interpretation inspires me to read it I can only hope I enjoy it as much ‘Come Lady Death’ by P
PDF Anna Kashina Î Once Upon a Curse PDF É Once Upon PDF \ Î once free, upon download, curse kindle, Once Upon ebok, Once Upon a Curse MOBIShort story collections especially those by many authors tend to be a very mixed bag of the good the bad and the meh Once Upon a Curse a collection of reworked folkfairy tales linked by the notion of a curse has all three but why talk about the bad and the meh? I'd rather focus on some of the standout talesI reuested this ARC because I knew it contained a Peter Beagle storyand I was not disappointed by his contribution Titled Come Lady Death it has that uality that many Peter Beagle pieces have a sort of bright and vivid sharp edged pictorial uality rather like viewing a tapesty that tells a story The characters are somewhat two dimensional because it is not a character story; it's a concept story of a jaded elderly woman who decides to make her next party a real showstopper by inviting Death to be a guest It's got a lovely endingA ne
PDF Anna Kashina Î Once Upon a Curse PDF É Once Upon PDF \ Î once free, upon download, curse kindle, Once Upon ebok, Once Upon a Curse MOBIThis was a mixed bag of re worked Fairy tales Some were excellent I particularly loved the modern version of Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella An excellent way for adults
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PDF Anna Kashina Î Once Upon a Curse PDF É Once Upon PDF \ Î once free, upon download, curse kindle, Once Upon ebok, Once Upon a Curse MOBIThis anthology mostly missed the swings in uality and content that so many anthologies suffer There was no story where I wondered how did this get included who picked this? There was however an overall higher than I expected number of typos and errors Guess I shouldn't have been surprised at the internal typos since there's even one on the back cover descriptionA Necklace of Rubies by Cindy Lynn Speer Well done creepy with a perfect twistiness“Come Lady Death” by Peter S Beagle Deliciously written I am a huge fan of Beagle's style of descriptive prose No real plot twists or surprises but enjoyable to read“Summer Wind” by Nancy Kress What if Sleeping Beauty was the only one who didn't fall asleep and is instead alone trapped in a castle full of people frozen in time?“Stronger than Time” by Patricia C Wrede Another Sleeping Beauty but this t
PDF Anna Kashina Î Once Upon a Curse PDF É Once Upon PDF \ Î once free, upon download, curse kindle, Once Upon ebok, Once Upon a Curse MOBITo be fair to other anthologies all of the stories in this book have been published elsewhere So the editor was able to cherry pick the very best instead of asking people the
PDF Anna Kashina Î Once Upon a Curse PDF É Once Upon PDF \ Î once free, upon download, curse kindle, Once Upon ebok, Once Upon a Curse MOBIIt's rare for me to wholeheartedly recommend an anthology but I am recommending this one Once Upon a Curse is a collection of amazing fairy tale interpretations from some pretty fantastic authors With short story collections I usually only like a couple and am neutral about the rest but for this one there isn't one story that I didn't like Most of them I lovedThere are some things keeping me from giving this book a perfect rating The last story definitely could have been cut by at least ten pages While it was interesting to read about all the different cultural retellings of Cinderella I don't think it was necessary to the main plot and all the stories within the story made it drag There were also a couple of others where the endings fell a bit flat but not enough to make me dislike them outrightThere are two Sleeping Beau
PDF Anna Kashina Î Once Upon a Curse PDF É Once Upon PDF \ Î once free, upon download, curse kindle, Once Upon ebok, Once Upon a Curse MOBII reuested this short story collection because Peter S Beagle was featured I still haven't read any of his novels which I really need to remedy But I was pleased with the other stories here not just his which makes me