Genre: Retellings

A WHOLE NEW WORLD By Liz Braswell

Short and Sweet Review A Whole New World, is a retelling of Aladdin, instead of Aladdin getting the lamp and three wishes Jafar gets them. Jafar uses his first two wishes on becoming the sultan and one of the most powerful sorcerers in the world. Agrabah used to be a decent city but now the […]

ESCAPING MR. ROCHESTER

Short and Sweet Review Jane has recently taken a position at Thornfield Hall to be the governess. Jane meets Edward Rochester her new employer who seems charming enough but he has a dark side. Jane spends most of her days with Adele, but one day she comes across Bertha. Bertha is Mrs. Rochester and Edward […]

THE GRIMROSE GIRLS By Laura Pohl

Short and Sweet Review Yuki, Ella, and Rory are still reeling after the mysterious death of their best friend Ariane, and they’re just trying to make sense of it all. Ariane’s death was ruled a suicide but her friends know she wouldn’t even attempt to swim in the lake so they know something is up. […]

WISH OF THE WICKED BY DANIELLE PAIGE

Short and Sweet Review For centuries the Entente have been advisors to the queens, and with the Ententes advice and wisdom the 13 queendoms have been in harmony. There are three fates: the Past, the Present, and the Future. When Hecate the fate of the Future informs Queen Magrit of a future she doesn’t want […]

A CROWN SO CURSED By L.L. McKinney

Short and Sweet Review Alice and her friends are still recovering after their last battle, but they know that they have to stay on their toes because the monsters aren’t waiting on the other side of the veil anymore, they’re coming to find Alice. This final installment of The Nightmare-Verse was one of my most […]

A MULTITUDE OF DREAMS By Mara Rutherford

Short and Sweet Review Princess Imogen has lived in Goslind for three years, the castle has been boarded up so that the people living in the castle could avoid catching the bloody mori roja plague which has ravaged most of the kingdom. Imogen has a secret that she’s been hiding for the past three years […]

CRESS By Marissa Meyer

Short and Sweet Review Cinder and Thorne are still fugitives and on the run but now they have Scarlet and Wolf with them. The group is still trying to figure out how to stop Levana and the wedding. They also end up taking a detour to get Cress from her Satellite. Cress is a lunar […]

SCARLET By Marissa Meyer

Short and Sweet Review In France we meet Scarlet Benoit whose grandmother has disappeared. Scarlet is looking for any clue that could lead to where she is but she doesn’t realize the kind of danger her grandmother could be in until she meets wolf. Wolf is from Luna and has been modified and is in […]

CINDER By Marissa Meyer

Short and Sweet Review Cinder is a futuristic retelling of Cinderella. We follow our main character Cinder who is also part cyborg and lives in the commonwealth of China. Cinder lives with her stepmother Adri and two stepsisters Pearl and Peony. Cinder also has a super cool android named Iko. Anyway Cinder works at the […]