The Emerald Circus by Jane Yolen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
The Emerald Circus by Jane Yolen is a collection of short stories with an introduction to the works done by author Holly Black. I do believe some of these by Yolen at least have been published before but I was not familiar with her work so the entire collection was new to me. I’m not a huge fan of short stories myself but when seeing this I realized that some of the collection included stories on some of my favorite stories such as Peter Pan, the Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland so of course I had to check this one out.
Of course when all was said and done my favorites are the ones I was looking forward to reading although there were a few others within the book that I also quite enjoyed too. There were however a few stories that I wondered why they were even included as there didn’t seem to be much to them but perhaps someone that loves short stories overall would enjoy them more than myself who is always thinking were is the rest of this when it comes to short stories or books. I think though that regardless of being a huge fan of this type of read if you are interested in retellings and new twists on old classics then you’ll at least enjoy those stories.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
Great Review Carrie!📚💖😀
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Thanks Dani! 🙂
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You’re welcome💖📚
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Nice review Carrie! Jane Yolen is one of my favorite children’s/YA authors so I may have to check this out.☺️
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Thanks Kim! Couldn’t resist the retellings even if i’m not huge on short stories but thankfully they were fun to read. You may find you’ve read some of these before though if already familiar with her work.
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