Wrap It Up!-Book Six

Books For Those Seeking Magic & Make Believe

My Christmas wish for you is this, as we navigate through another trying year en masse, let books be the gift you choose to give. To others, and to yourself.

May they provide an escape, a perspective on the unimaginable, a lesson in how to do better, to be better, a door into a world of wonder, a glimpse at an everyday hero’s inspirational tale, a reminder that laughter is indeed the best medicine, that words and stories are sustenance for the soul, and in our darkest moments, a soft place to land.

Find a cozy spot, crack open a book and have a wonderful, joyous, and peaceful holiday season.

FAIRY TALE – STEPHEN KING (OUT NOW)

This novel is a love letter to the fairytales and storybooks of our childhood, the ones that left the deepest impression and endure the most retelling. The ones that assured us our happily ever after. That is what King has given us in his latest novel, Fairy Tale. With a twist of course. King takes the curses we imagined from those youthful treasures and gives them substance. Inflicting new horrors on beloved characters and then giving them a savior, Charlie.

Charlie made a promise that if his alcohol father, driven to the bottle by the devasting loss of his wife and Charlie’s mom, stopped drinking he would do something for whatever deity made it happen. He swore it, no matter what. After saving a curmudgeonly old man living in a mansion crumbling down around him, Charlie discovers a portal to another world, one with magic that can save his dying old dog.

Tags…Reimagined Fairytales, Magic & Monsters, World Building

CURSED – MARISSA MEYER (NOV 8TH)

If you love the reimagining of a fairytale, look no further than the master, Marissa Meyer. She is the queen! Following the shocking turn of events in Gilded, Serida finds herself ensnared in a deadly game of make believe with the Eriking, who is determined to propel her deeper into the castle secrets and lies. While she is trying to help Gild solve the mystery of his forgotten name and past, she discovers that the Eriking doesn’t only want to use her to bring back his one true love. He seeks vengeance against the seven gods who have long trapped the Dark Ones behind the veil. Every page will enchant you!

Tags…Fairytale Retellings, Fantasy Worlds, Star-Crossed Romance

BOOK OF GOTHEL – MARY MCMYNE (OUT NOW)

Haelewise has never quite fit it. Shunned by her village, her only solace lies in the stories her mother tells her of child-stealing witches, princes cloaked in mystery and an ancient tower that only the bravest seek out. When her mother dies Haelewise she set out for the tower, discovering that magic is found not only in the realm of fairy tales. We all know the story of Rapunzel in the tower, but none of us know the story of the witch who put her there. A retelling that blows up the legend and makes it something much more…

Tags…Fairytales, Magic & Mystery, Twisted History

And a few more…

One Dark Window – Rachel Gillig

Half Sick Of Shadows – Laura Sebastian

How To Be Eaten – Maria Adelmann