The cover promises ‘a wicked, delicious, sexy Snow White fairytale’ so the question is does it deliver? But before we answer that let’s look at the problem of modern-day fairy tales. In Cinderella, when the wicked step sisters cut off parts of their feet to fit in the glass shoe what was really shocking was [...]

“On Amazon, Dead Ever After has received 366 one-star reviews, compared with 124 five-star reviews. One reader described the ‘extreme disappointment’ they felt with the novel by pointing to a blog post claiming that ‘if Charlaine Harris had written the Harry Potter series, the end of Deathly Hallows would have Harry sleeping in the cupboard [...]

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making — Book Trailer With a bit of luck and strong wind (as we haven’t recorded it yet and I’m hoping I’m not jinxing it) Catherynne M. Valente’s The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making is going to be this month’s book [...]