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After The Forest Book Tour

A house. A witch. An oven, fiery hot.

After the Forest is a dark and enchanting fantasy debut from Kell Woods that explores the repercussions of a childhood filled with magic and a young woman contending with the truth of “happily ever after.” It follows Greta and Hans twenty years after the gingerbread house. Their mother and stepmother are long dead, Hans is deep in debt from gambling, and the countryside lies in ruin after a brutal war. Greta’s secret weapon is the witch’s grimoire, hidden away but whispering in Greta’s ear for the past two years, allowing her to keep her small family afloat with the book’s mysteriously addictive gingerbread recipe. But when dark magic returns to the woods, Greta’s magic—magic she is still trying to understand—may be the only thing that can save her. If it doesn’t kill her first.

This retelling of Hansel and Gretel takes an old favorite with familiar tropes from the Brothers Grimm and weaves them into an exciting new historical fantasy. It is the perfect story for lovers of fairytales and retellings!

Thank you to @torbooks for sending me a copy of the book and teaming up with me for a great giveaway! Check out how to enter below:

GIVEAWAY
Enter to win a copy of After the Forest!

TO ENTER
– follow me (@rosesandreviews), @torbooks, @kellinthewoods and @storygramtours on Instagram
– tag a friend you think will be interested

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– Giveaway will end October 16th at midnight EST
– US ONLY
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-must be 18 or have parents permission
-must be a public account so I can verify entries

Book Link: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250852489/aftertheforest 

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A Pocketful of Crows

“𝙇𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 —𝙖 𝙡𝙖𝙬, 𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚, 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙚.” —𝘑𝘰𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘴, 𝘈 𝘗𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴

Love made her a prisoner. Revenge will set her free.

A story of the fae and the folk; of the mountains and the sea, the lakes and the moors and the rivers and the bees. A modern fairytale of love, loss, and revenge. The circle of life, the wheel—ever turning.

Here is another beautifully written tale by one of my favorite authors, @joannechocolat, and illustrated by the fabulous @bonniehelenhawkinsartist.

For anyone who likes fairies, folklore, and fantasy.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Villainous: An Anthology of Fairytale Retellings

This has been one of my favorite books of June! I have been devouring fairytale retellings, and this was such a fun companion to read with @serena_valentino_author’s Villain Series ❤️‍🔥 these shorts retell and reimagine the stories of so many timeless villains, and I just loved the whole collection! Some of my favorites were 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, and 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦’𝘴 𝘒𝘪𝘴𝘴 ❤️

ℭ𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔱:
Straw Into Gold @cbethanderson
Sisters @helenwhistberry
Bluebeard’s Wife @epstavs
The Ogress by Philip M. Jones
The Big Bad Wolf is Born by Jacob Klop
The Pied Piper @rebeccafkenneybooks
The Stepmother by Katherine Macdonald
True Love’s Kiss @julieembletonauthor
Jack, The Giant, and the Beanstalk @ltward.writer
Take My Heart @kamiltimore

Proceeds from this collection are being donated to charity, helping children in need ❤️ cover art by @faylane14

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The Watkins Book Of English Folktales by Neil Philip

These are some of the oldest stories, collected and told here in an effort to revive stories of the past. Some are old favorites and some are new to me, but I am looking forward to reading all of them! There are classics like The Three Little Pigs and Snow-White, and even more new stories like The Old Witch and The Gypsy Woman that I am so excited to read. And it is such a gorgeous copy, I am so proud to add this to my shelves!

There have been countless adaptations of these stories in literature, film, music, and performances across the ages. Even the ‘original’ stories that were written were adapted from stories that were passed down through oral tradition. Authors are drawn to revisiting literature and reworking stories in an effort to create a conversation between themselves and the great works of the past. This illustrates how literature adapts to a new age and its new media, making universal age-old ideas modern and relevant. We are all standing on the shoulders of giants. Giants here meaning major texts, “canonical texts”; texts that have withstood time; ancient texts that are still studied today; texts that offer ancient pearls of wisdom; texts that are referenced and made new by modern authors. These folk tales are those great texts.

Thank you to @watkinsbooks and @penguinrandomhouse for sending me this beautiful ARC of The Watkins Book Of English Folktales by Neil Philip. All opinions are my own.

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Honeycomb by Joanne Harris

Honeycomb is a sweeping grand tale, made up of many smaller ones, each woven together like the threads of a spiders web.

“But certain dreams thrive best in the waking world, and these are among the most powerful.”

Dreams of the Barefoot Princess

Long ago and far away, in the dreamy world of magical fae and honeybees, the Lacewing King and the Spider Queen spin a tale of love and trechary that spans across worlds.

“For, as the Honeycomb Queen had said, love is often half-sweetness, half-sting, and he had been stung once too often.”

The Honeycomb Child

The story is so beautifully written.  It’s a fantasy. It’s horror. It’s mythology and fairytales at their best. I would describe it as Grimms Fairytales meets Aesops Fables, and I loved the imagery and the world building.

“For the midwife had realized that she was among the Silken Folk; weavers of glamours, spinners of tales, most dangerous of the Faerie.”

The Midwife

Short meaningful stories—each their own stand-alone tale, and still part of the grander story—show how all beings are connected, from the grandest of kings of the smallest of bees. All of the characters circle back to the beginning, each conneted to each other in smalls ways that arent always realized until later in the story.

Though the book is laregly a collection of shorts, there is a main storyline that shows up every few chapters or so: the tale of The Lacewing King. a cruel, thoughtless, trickster. Honeycomb follows his heros journey and character development, from his mischievous childhood adventures, to his outwitting of villanious foes, and his many disasters in love. His often careless choices will have dire consequences for both his own fate and the fates of those around him.

Some of my favorite chapters included: The Watcher and the Glass—; The Gardener—an instance of giving an inch and taking a mile; The Girl Who Never Smiled—; and The Sparrow—a story tha

I did not want to put this down! It was magical, beautiful, and haunting. Easily my favorite book of the year so far.

“Now you have made me believe again that stories are real, and that dreams can come true.”

Dreams of the Barefoot Princess

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Nikita Gill

“I will take her to the library, and introduce her to every librarian because they are where Athena lives now.”

44157727. sy475 I chose this for @book_roast’s #magicalreadathon a few months back (and paired it with her other book of poems, Fierce Fairytales, another really great read!) This one really stuck out to me between the pair of books, and I have to admit I liked it much better. I am a huge lover of Greek myths so I had a good basic understanding of the tales themselves. It was very empowering to see some new interpretations of the stories, all told from the female perspective. Considering that all of the OG myth-tellers were male (Homer, Hesoid, Ovid, Virgil, Herodotus…) this book brings a breath of fresh air to the readings. I really enjoyed the short versions of these myths retold, and I loved how the book was structured―the poems were organized like the gods’ genealogy tree, which I thought was really cohesive and gave a good sense of chronology. featuring hand-drawn illustrations by the author. If you like myths and feminism, you will like Great Goddesses.

“Does the night ever tire of the darkness? Does the sea ever tire of her own depths? Do the trees ever tire of their roots?”

39088508If you enjoy Rupi Kaur you will enjoy Nikita Gill. Fierce Fiarytales offers even more stories of empowerment that have flipped once-upon-a-time upside down. The women in this daring collection of poems, stories, and hand-drawn illustrations are anything but your delicate damsel-in-distress. In the world of Nikita Gill, the princess saves herself.

Nikita Gill is a British-Indian writer and poet living in the south of England. With a huge online following, her words have entranced hearts and minds all over the world. Follow her on Instagram at @nikita_gill.
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The Language Of Thorns, Leigh Bardugo

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Love speaks in flowers. Truth Requires Thorns.

The Languge Of Thorns is a collection short stories and prequels included in the triologies and duologies by Leigh Bardugo that function as childhood fairy tales and folklore to the characters of The Grishaverse.

Inspired by myth, fairy tale, and folklore, #1 New York Times-bestselling author Leigh Bardugo has crafted a deliciously atmospheric collection of illustrated stories filled with betrayals, revenge, sacrifice, and love. Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight, of haunted towns and hungry woods, of talking beasts and gingerbread golems, where a young mermaid’s voice can summon deadly storms and where a river might do a lovestruck boy’s bidding but only for a terrible price.

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