Beasts And Beauty

Twelve familiar fairy tales are taken apart and rebuilt here into something sharper, where the endings readers think they remember no longer hold. Soman Chainani keeps the old shapes, among them a sleeping prince, a beauty with the ferocity of a beast, a boy determined not to be prey and a path to happiness lost then found again, and changes what they mean, so each story arrives carrying a warning as well as a triumph. The collection reads as dark, stylish and modern, closer to the harsher versions these stories came from than to their softened retellings. Reading notes: • Twelve self-contained retellings gathered in one volume • Darker, more dangerous versions of stories readers already know • Rebellion, magic and mortality as recurring concerns • Suited to older children, teenagers and adult readers of fairy tale fiction A strong pick for anyone who collects reimagined folklore, Beasts and Beauty is available at Boipoka.