Fractured fairy tales are so in, aren’t they? Rocky and Bullwinkle would be proud. Bonus points for you if you get that reference. Everyone wants to know what really happened to Cinderella or Snow White. Just look at the recent resurgence of fairy tale movies--Snow White and the Huntsman and Mirror Mirror even came out during the same year! Add in the wildly popular Disney rehashes with no end in sight, and the film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods, a hodgepodge of fairy tales gone wrong, and you’ve got a trend on your hands. And it’s the same in literature, too. There are more “with a twist” books than I can count! I saw as many as five Peter Pan remakes on the same best-sellers list last year. Here are three retellings featured today on Hot Toasty Rag. For those who couldn’t resist seeing the recent Beauty and the Beast, check out my review of Beauty. Those who love Greek mythology, head this way for The Goddess Test, a fantastic remake of Persephone and Hades. Like the Once Upon a Time TV show? I certainly do, that’s why I bought A Curse Dark as Gold, featuring none other than the dreamy Rumpelstiltskin. Only, the book doesn’t star Robert Carlyle. Bummer.
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