fairy tale retelling Archives

The Never King by Nikki St. Crowe

June 20, 2023 (September 24, 2023) Queen B

Queen B’s Decree: When I saw this series sitting on the “New” shelf at my local library, I was overjoyed. A book that had been sitting on my kindle wish list for ages? Here? Where I would actually read it? Sold. The Never King was an interesting take on a dark why-choose retelling of Peter […]

By the Book by Jasmine Guillory

May 3, 2022 (April 11, 2022) Queen B

Queen B’s Decree: I love fairy tale retellings, especially Beauty and the Beast retellings. What’s not to like? There’s always a “beast” hiding his inner marshmallow and often a great redemption arc. Izzy is an overworked editorial assistant and finds herself on the doorstep of the reclusive Beau Towers: who has promised his memoirs to […]