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May Fairy-Tale Roundup

Time for another set of flash reviews!  It was a good month for reading.  Are there any stories you're particularly looking forward to this summer? A. G. Marshall – The Grandmother With Enormous Eyes .   This short story is Little Red Riding Hood with a twist… and I can’t say anything else without spoiling it.   Fun! K. M. Shea – The Goose Girl (Entwined Tales 1) .   What if the swap between the princess and the lady’s maid was the princess’ idea?   Can even the king’s spymaster figure out what’s going on before somebody starts a war?   This was such an original twist on the fairy tale.   I loved poor long-suffering Rynn, who gets stuck masquerading as a princess, and whose situation is made even worse by her awful fairy godfather and by the evil plans of an ambassador.   Recommended.   Melanie Cellier – A Tale of Beauty and the Beast .   This is the sequel to A Dance of Silver and Shadow , which I reviewed ...