Untold Tales: Books 1-3: A Fantasy Fairy Tale Boxed Set

I love Fairy tale revisions, but these need much improvement. The author could have taken more time to build the stories and not have implausible events take place. If a character is on a quest, the chances that the first person they meet knows exactly where to go to end the quest doesn't make for good reading. All of the stores have similar flaws. If the author had taken time to deliver more into the characters and produced believable plots, this would have been a better read.

My favorite aspect of these stories is that they are more on par with the Brothers Grimm rather than Disney. Laura Greenwood has truly reimagined them into her own unique stories, reworking characters, storylines and overall creating stories that feel fresh to read. They were not the stories I expected but I was pleasantly surprised by them. I am very much looking forward to the next three books in this series. -Balancing Scales: 3 Stars This was a cute way to start this series and not what I anticipated going into it. Mari as the young naive mermaid is very well done. Her sidekick Shelbie was adorable and was a fantastic support for Mari while she sets out on her land adventure. While I enjoyed the overall story and most of the characters, the pace was a bit slow for the majority of the book for me. It does pick up in the last quarter though and I did enjoy the ending. I look forward to seeing how the other stories are told. -Golden Wings: 4 Stars Thumbelina was not a story I was very familiar with so I briefly brushed up on it before reading this story and I am so glad I did. I really enjoyed the creativity in how the characters were adapted and the overall feel of the story. Lina fought through each hardship and obstacle in her life and along her journey, she was definitely a strong, smart heroine. I wish there had been a tad more on the romance side, I think maybe a bit more between Trent and Luna would’ve given a more well rounded ending. Overall though I really liked the story. -Poisoned Fate: 5 Stars I LOVED this story, definitely my favorite so far. I thoroughly enjoyed that this story took a different route from the previous two as it was more of a “villians” story. It also had more of a romantic element to it that the previous two stories were rather light on, so I was excited to see that. Katya and Gideon were a fantastic duo with great chemistry and Riki was the perfect loyal, adorable companion. It felt like as the books progressed the author was finding her stride as each book felt better than the previous. The pace in this one was much better, less repetitive/unnecessary inner dialogue and the chapters overall felt, detail wise, that they were more concise. Great read. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Awesome! A retold fairy tale can be such fun to read and Laura Greenwood does this in an excellent manner in her new collection. This collection includes Balance Scales, Golden Wings, and Poison fate. This collection includes Balance Scales, Golden Wings, and Poison Fate. Each of these stories was great and a pleasure to read. They're not the water down Disney type of fairytale they are closer to how the originals were written and that's rather refreshing. I highly recommend this collection and I hope you check it out I did receive a free copy and I voluntarily chose to review it.