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This collection had several princes retellings, but I read it for The Twelve Dancing Princesses.

This retelling was much more interesting than the original. The reader gets more information on each of the princesses and the descriptions of their nighttime dancing were great.

The other retellings in this were good too.

She had told the frog, "Certainly, anything"; and her father had brought her up to understand that she must always keep her word, the more so because as Princess there was no one who could force her to.

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But the world turns, and even legends change; and somewhere there is a border, and sometime, perhaps, someone will decide to cross it, however well guarded with thorns it may be.

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2/5⭐ There wasn't really anything unique about these fairy tales, nor did they have a particularly excellent descriptive style to make the retelling interesting. Everything was hyperbole and completely unnuanced: every princess/prince beautiful and perfect and beloved by literally everyone, the weather always lovely, etc. I enjoyed Rana's story the most. #fantasydragon #adventureathon #fantasyadventureathon

Lovely retelling of four fairy tales: the stolen princess, the princess the and frog, the golden hind, and the twelve dancing princesses.

*Art by Audrey Lopata Illustrations. Picked it up at an art festival ages ago.

10/10 Great retelling of some classic fairytales.

Here‘s my entry for the #evilqueenapril: Fairytales/Retellings
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This was one of the books from the Library Showcase gifted by @Chachic last February. I haven‘t read it ? but I wiki‘ed and found out that it has two original stories and two retellings.
"The Stolen Princess"
"The Princess and the Frog", a version of "The Frog Prince"
"The Hunting of the Hind"
"The Twelve Dancing Princesses", a 77-page version of "Twelve Dancing Princesses”

"And so the years passed, and one generation gave way to the next, and the oldest trees in the oldest forests grew a little taller and a little thicker still; and the fireside tales of a family became the legends of a country."

I enjoyed this #shortfiction collection of retold fairy tales more than expected. I particularly liked The Twelve Dancing Princesses, though all four tales were lovely. This was my first Robin McKinley but will certainly not be my last.

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 / 5

Day #18 of #NovemberbytheNumbers. Fell asleep reading last night and when I woke up, I found that I am 18% into this book on my #kindle. Fortuitous indeed. (Also #fulldisclosure: I have no books with the number eighteen in the title plus my cold is back full force so this is about as creative as I‘m capable of being right now. 😫🤧) #sotiredofbeingsick #pityparty

Changing gears for my Friday evening read. #shortfiction #currentlyreading #kindle

I‘ve had this one for awhile and it‘s making its way into the rotation soon so I thought I‘d share it for the #shortstories prompt for #30daysofreadathon.

No sophomore slump for some of my favorite fantasy authors. These three ladies continue to leave me in awe of their world building. I honestly don't know how they do it. #sophomorenovel #jubilantjuly