I forgot exactly what made me put the book in my wishlist but I realised I listened to Kelly Link’s interview in So Many Damn Books last year.

What is it about

Short version: it’s a collection of short stories, or more precisely of modern fairy tales.

All stories are subtitled with the traditional fairy tale it matches (The white cat, The musicians of Bremen…). Most of them didn’t ring any bell to me.

Final words

It’s fun, it’s queer, it’s extremely well written. It was the perfect read for me right now.

I liked every story in the collection. The only one that didn’t really click with me was The Girl Who didn’t Know Fear. I enjoyed the story-telling but I couldn’t find or understand the conclusion.