Top Ten Tuesday: Fairytale Retellings

Today’s topic was supposed to be the characters that I would like to switch places with, but that won’t work because I wouldn’t like to switch places with any characters. I love reading about many characters and going through things with them, but I wouldn’t want to go through everything they do and am content to live my own life. So, I am inserting my own topic: my favorite fairytale retellings (because why not?).

1.      Violet Eyes by Debbie Viguie – Princess and the Pea: I love the added context and political aspect to the story, as well as the few twists.

2.      Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George – Dancing Princesses: I love the magic in the story and how closely it kept to the original, yet still managed to delve deeper and build this intricate and exciting story of its own.

3.      Entwinded by Heather Dixon Wallwork – Dancing Princesses: I loved the darker atmosphere of the story as well as the focus of family (sister dynamics as well as father-daughter relationships). 

4.      Cress by Marissa Meyer – Rapunzel: I love Cress (she is so cute and funny) and I was fascinated with the futuristic, science-fiction setting. 

5.      Scarlet by Marissa Meyer – Red Riding Hood: I love this spin on the original and especially in the science-fiction, futuristic setting.

6.      The Wild Orchid by Cameron Dokey – Mulan: This is such a beautiful retelling, staying true to the original while providing depth and feeling to the story.

7.      In the Garden of Gold and Stone by Ryan Muree – Beauty and the Beast: I loved this gender switched retelling. It was clever and fun and heartwarming (all the feels).

8.      The Merchant’s Daughter by Melanie Dickerson – Beauty and the Beast (Christian fiction): This is such an amazing retelling. It feels like something that could have really happened (no magic, set in the real world somewhere around the 1600s). I absolutely loved the characters and plot.

9.      The Fairest Beauty by Melanie Dickerson – Snow White (Christian fiction): Again set in the real world around the 1600s and so well done. It was exciting and quite the adventure.

10.   The Captive Maiden by Melanie Dickerson – Cinderella (Christian fiction): I loved this real world retelling. I was captured from chapter one and loved the context she brought to the original.