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Thursday, December 28, 2017

"Shattered Roses" by E.L. Parfitt!

Hiya peeps! Fairy-Tale Retelling today, for Beauty and the Beast! Check it out, and be sure to let me know your favorite retellings in the comments - I could use more recommendations! =D

Shattered Roses

~Author: E.L. Parfitt

~Released: April 24th 2017

~Length: 79 pages

~Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Fairy-Tale Retelling

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A book for all Beauty and the Beast fans! A contemporary retelling viewed through the eyes of a teenager. Sixteen year old Megan wants to be a doctor. When Megan volunteers at a residential home she meets Lady. Lady tells a fragmented and confusing story of a duke who never aged; his fate tied to the roses that grew in his garden. As Megan hears more of Lady’s tale she is intrigued to know whether the duke existed or if he is a figment of Lady’s imagination. As Megan embarks on unravelling the mystery of the beast a hidden family secret emerges... will it shatter her life forever?

Monday, April 17, 2017

"Keep On Believing" by Marie Higgins!
Audiobook Review

Hiya guys! Hope you had an awesome weekend! Do you celebrate Easter? Did you do anything fun?

I filled my weekend with a pretty awesome audiobook, and I'm excited to share it with you! It's a fairytale retelling, and was so good! Check out my review below, and be sure to leave a comment about what you think of this book!

Keep On Believing

(Where Dreams Come True, #4)

~Released: March 20th, 2016

~Parent's Guide Rating: PG

~Genres: Fantasy, Fairytale Retelling, Romance

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Taking some of the family’s jewels, Ella Spencer and her brother left the kingdom in the dead of night, escaping the clutches of their evil stepmother. Ella realized they need a different life than one of a servant. Now living in a new kingdom, Ella believes this is where they can start over again. So far, it’s working…until her brother’s school teacher starts poking his nose into their business. She cannot tell him the truth, yet deep down inside, she feels that he might be her Prince Charming after all, and be the one who’ll save her from danger.

Christopher Morgan is hiding secrets that he never plans to divulge. The sister of one of his students intrigues him, and he can’t keep from wanting to know more about her. When a man comes around asking questions, Chris fears Ella is not safe and he needs to protect her. But he finds that he is the one in need of a dream-come-true. Can he hope that Ella will be the one to rescue him out of his life before these secrets destroy him?

Thursday, July 28, 2016

"Sea God's Siren" by Tessa Stockton!
Review & Spotlight

*Materials & images courtesy of Goodreads; review owned by Desert Rose Reviews.

Originally published July 30th, 2013; re-posted for our TBT Review.

The Brother's Keep #2

~Published: April 9th, 2013

~Length: 86 Pages

~Parent's Guide: PG-17

~Genres: New Adult, Young Adult, Paranormal, Mythology, Fantasy

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An accident left Syrena blind and only the sea god Dagon can bring her healing. But the cost of abiding in his aquatic prison in exchange for sight proves more than she bargained for.

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Blitz, Trailer & Giveaway
"The Carver" by Jacob Devlin!

Hiya guys! Happy hump day! How's your week going so far? Hopefully it's wonderful! =D

DRR is sharing a new book today, and sounds like a fantastic fairy-tale retelling! The #roadtripwithpeterpan has begun! The Carver is a young adult fairy tale retelling, that takes you on a road trip with an adult Peter Pan, as he and the children of some of your favorite characters. Together, they must find out what happened to their missing family members, as secrets of the old world and new are revealed, with only Pinocchio's carvings to guide the way.

Check it out, and get hooked listening to the author reading the first chapter! Be sure to enter the giveaway below the excerpt as well - have fun! =D

~Publisher: Blaze Publishing

~Released: July 19th 2016

~Genres: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Young Adult

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THE GIRL IN THE RED HOOD has been looking for her mother for six months, searching from the depths of New York’s subways to the heights of its skyscrapers . . .

THE PRINCE looks like he’s from another time entirely, or maybe he’s just too good at his job at Ye Old Renaissance Faire . . .

THE ACTRESS is lighting up Hollywood Boulevard with her spellbinding and strikingly convincing portrayal of a famous fairy. Her name may be big, but her secrets barely fit in one world . . .

Fifteen-year-old Crescenzo never would have believed his father’s carvings were anything more than “stupid toys.” All he knows is a boring life in an ordinary Virginia suburb, from which his mother and his best friend have been missing for years. When his father disappears next, all Crescenzo has left is his goofy neighbor, Pietro, who believes he’s really Peter Pan and that Crescenzo is the son of Pinocchio. What’s more: Pietro insists that they can find their loved ones by looking to the strange collection of wooden figurines Crescenzo’s father left behind.

With Pietro’s help, Crescenzo sets off on an adventure to unite the real life counterparts to his figurines. It’s enough of a shock that they’re actually real, but the night he meets the Girl in the Red Hood, dark truths burst from the past. Suddenly, Crescenzo is tangled in a nightmare where magic mirrors and evil queens rule, and where everyone he loves is running out of time.

Saturday, May 14, 2016

"The Neverland Wars" by Audrey Greathouse!
Blitz & Giveaway

Hiya guys! I hope you're all doing well, and didn't miss me too much on my b-day week break. ;)

I've got a fun post for you today - a fairytale retelling of Peter Pan!! Who doesn't love Peter? I know I do.

This book sounds really interesting, and the author seems awesome! I mean, just look at her picture, and you'll see what I mean. Infectious smile, and I'm sure equally infectious writing.

Check out this awesome novel, published by the always wonderful Clean Teen Publishing, and be sure to leave a comment to let us know what you think! =D

~Released: May 9th 2016

~Publisher: Clean Teen Publishing

~Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Fairytale Retelling

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Magic can do a lot—give you flight, show you mermaids, help you taste the stars, and… solve the budget crisis? That's what the grown-ups will do with it if they ever make it to Neverland to steal its magic and bring their children home.

However, Gwen doesn't know this. She's just a sixteen-year-old girl with a place on the debate team and a powerful crush on Jay, the soon-to-be homecoming king. She doesn't know her little sister could actually run away with Peter Pan, or that she might have to chase after her to bring her home safe. Gwen will find out though—and when she does, she'll discover she's in the middle of a looming war between Neverland and reality.

She'll be out of place as a teenager in Neverland, but she won't be the only one. Peter Pan's constant treks back to the mainland have slowly aged him into adolescence as well. Soon, Gwen will have to decide whether she's going to join impish, playful Peter in his fight for eternal youth… or if she's going to scramble back to reality in time for the homecoming dance.

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Fairy Tale Confessions Collection!
Promo Blitz & Giveaway

*Materials & images provided by Xpresso Book Tours.

~Publisher: Amber Leaf Publishing

~Released: October 1st 2015

~Genres: Fairy Tales, Retellings

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Fourteen bestselling authors twist up your favorite tales. Will your favorite have a happily-ever-after?

Get ready to meet some sexy, not-so-valiant princes, punk-rock princesses, villains turned heroes, and truly vile monsters wreaking havoc within our favorite tales.

Read about Dancing Princesses getting their groove on in a disco club, a seriously sexy Rumpelstiltskin, and one alluring Puss-in-Boots, plus many, many more captivating characters in these fourteen all new short-stories.

Monday, September 28, 2015

"Hookah" by Cameron Jace!
Blitz with Excerpt & Giveaway

*Materials & images provided by Xpresso Book Tours!

Insanity #4

~Published: September 28th, 2015

~Length: 256 Pages

~Genres: Young Adult, Fairy Tales, Fantasy

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A Plague Scarier than Death
Alice and the Pillar have to stop a Wonderland Monster who’d lashed out an incurable disease onto the world. Their biggest challenge is that the world loves this monster so much.

A Cure Larger than Life
The only way to save the world is to travel to the other side of the globe, and peek into one of Lewis Carroll and the Pillar’s darker pasts.

A Truth Madder Than Fiction
This time, the price of saving the world is too high. Alice will have to live with the consequences of the maddest logic of the world surrounding her.

Will Alice find who the Pillar really is? What he wants? Is she brave enough to handle the one Wonderland Monster she’d thought was a good friends? And even so, is the world ready the truth?

Friday, July 10, 2015

Quiz Which Fairy Tale Was Actually Written About You?

We all love a good fairy tale, right? Most of us love fantasy, and daydream about being in a fairy tale or fantasy book. Well, here's your chance to see which fairy tale was written for you!

Have fun!

We got:

Little Red Riding Hood

What a brilliant personality you have! As you navigate your way through the forest of life, you've certainly encountered many big, BAD wolves along the way. This may have made it difficult for you to trust others, however, you're fearless, resilient and strong. Always believe in yourself and soon, the wolves will be scared of you! RAWR!

So, what did you get? :)

Friday, June 12, 2015

"Fabled" by Vanessa K. Eccles!
Blitz: Excerpt, Interview & Giveaway

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~Released: May 5th 2015

~Publisher: Bound & Brewed

~Length: 263 Pages

~Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Fiction

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Rowena thinks the Grimm’s infamous podcasts are simply another teen fad until she finds herself trapped in a land of nightmarish storybook characters. She tries desperately to flee Mezzanine and return home, but Dresdem, Mezzanine’s wicked monarch, plans to use Rowena’s access to her world to bring dark magic and absolute rule into Georgia and beyond.

But when Rowena’s dear friend Madeline falls into Dresdem’s grasp, her battle with him becomes war, and all hopes of home are temporarily thwarted. With the help of an invisible hero, a beast, and an owl, she sets out to free Madeline from a deadening sleep. But Rowena must become her own hero when she finds herself bound by the kingdom’s darkest family. She must make the ultimate choice – align herself with her enemies or live on the run forever.

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Blitz & Giveaway
"Alice in Wonderland High" by Rachel Shane!

Alice in Wonderland High

~By: Rachel Shane

~Releasing: April 18th, 2015

~Publisher: Merit Press

~Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary, Re-Telling, Fiction

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Sixteen-year-old Alice suppresses her need for rebellion after a petition to start a farmer’s market receives more snickers than signatures. That is until Whitney Lapin, a girl who speaks in cryptic riddles and spends her free time turning abandoned warehouses into beautiful gardens, leads her on a rabbit trail into the underground–aka secret society–of Wonderland High. Curiouser and curiouser.

Even though Whitney’s group of teenage environmental vigilantes operates on the wrong side of the law, Alice has never felt more free to be herself. Soon she stomps on her good girl image by completing a series of environmental pranks to impress them: flooding the school and disguising a pig as a baby in order to smuggle it out of a testing facility. But the group refuses to help with the farmer’s market or reveal their hidden agenda. She wants to trust them, and she especially wants to trust (or maybe kiss) Chester Katz, a boy with a killer smile, a penchant for disappearing, and a secret that will really turn Alice‘s world backwards. When one group member tries to frame Alice for all the pranks, she must figure out their secret before she ends up in front of a jury that’s screaming, “Off with her head!”

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

"Cinderella's Shoes" by Shonna Slayton!
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Cinderella's Shoes

(Book 2 in the Series)

~By: Shonna Slayton

~Releasing: October 6th, 2016

~Publisher: Entangled Teen

~Length: 340 Pages

~Genres: Young Adult, New Adult, Historical, Fiction, Fantasy, Romance

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The war may be over, but Kate Allen’s life is still in upheaval. Not only has she discovered that Cinderella was real, but now she's been made Keeper of the Wardrobe, her sole responsibility to protect Cinderella’s magical dresses from the greed of the evil stepsisters’ modern descendants.

But Cinderella’s dresses are just the beginning. It turns out that the priceless glass slippers might actually exist, too, and they could hold the power to reunite lost loved ones like her father—missing in action since World War II ended. As Kate and her boyfriend, Johnny, embark on an adventure from New York to Italy and Poland in search of the mysterious slippers, they will be tested in ways they never imagined.

Because when you harness Cinderella's magic, danger and evil are sure to follow...

Saturday, March 7, 2015

Tour & Giveaway
"Chasing Ravens" by Jessica E. Paige!

Chasing Ravens

(Chasing Ravens, #1)

~By: Jessica E. Paige

~Publisher: Booktrope Publishing

~Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Fairy Tale, Folklore, Romance

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Orphaned at a young age, 15-year old Anouk’s punishment for being too outspoken is an arranged marriage worse than any she could imagine. Fleeing on horseback, yet without a sense of where to turn, she stumbles upon an idyllic village where she finds safe haven. Could this be home?

Ultimately, it will lead her to confront the very face of death, yet amidst the danger and darkness, she meets a handsome woodsman and finds a glowing blue flower with power beyond her wildest dreams.

Inspired by Russian fairy tales and steeped in ancient folklore, Paige’s novel is ripe with fantasy, love, and courage.