I was sent this little gem of a book by one of its included authors, Ashley Capes. Thanks to Ashley, my evening was full of delight at having read this.
This is a short and sweet compilation of Steampunk Fairy Tales. Its up to the reader, to figure out which fairy tale each story most resembles.
I would love to have read fuller stories of each one, they were all so very good. The authors included here were fantastic and deff not their first rodeos.
My total favorite was Perfection by Chris Champe. A lady who wants to play the piano so badly but cant, due to something that isn't quite clear at first. She longs to play the keys, to hear the melodies.....her days are overwhelmed with thoughts of playing a piano, like she did before...Before what? As the story progresses in all its nuts and bolt wonders, you finally find out the whys and I was so surprised.
My next fav was called, "The Clockwork People" by Angella Castillo. This story actually made me cry. An old man who owns a toy shop, creates two little clockwork dolls. All of the towns people come to see the little dolls perform. I loooooved the ending of this one. I cant say too much about each story as they are short enough as it is. Id give too much away.
Another story I was totally sucked into was "The Yellow Butterfly" by Ashley Capes. I love any story that takes place in Japan and that is where we go with this one. I thought I knew which fairy tale this most resembled but boy was I wrong. A Japanese girl, kindhearted and interested in the welfare of others tries to help the folk who work for her father. A hard and mean man. I was sad at the ending of this one. Again I would love to have read this story in expanded form.
All of the stories are really good in this little book.
I love the cover art as well. Who wouldn't? Its beautiful.
I give this a 5 stars and I recommend this one to Steampunk lovers and Fairy Tale Twisters alike!
This is a short and sweet compilation of Steampunk Fairy Tales. Its up to the reader, to figure out which fairy tale each story most resembles.
I would love to have read fuller stories of each one, they were all so very good. The authors included here were fantastic and deff not their first rodeos.
My total favorite was Perfection by Chris Champe. A lady who wants to play the piano so badly but cant, due to something that isn't quite clear at first. She longs to play the keys, to hear the melodies.....her days are overwhelmed with thoughts of playing a piano, like she did before...Before what? As the story progresses in all its nuts and bolt wonders, you finally find out the whys and I was so surprised.
My next fav was called, "The Clockwork People" by Angella Castillo. This story actually made me cry. An old man who owns a toy shop, creates two little clockwork dolls. All of the towns people come to see the little dolls perform. I loooooved the ending of this one. I cant say too much about each story as they are short enough as it is. Id give too much away.
Another story I was totally sucked into was "The Yellow Butterfly" by Ashley Capes. I love any story that takes place in Japan and that is where we go with this one. I thought I knew which fairy tale this most resembled but boy was I wrong. A Japanese girl, kindhearted and interested in the welfare of others tries to help the folk who work for her father. A hard and mean man. I was sad at the ending of this one. Again I would love to have read this story in expanded form.
All of the stories are really good in this little book.
I love the cover art as well. Who wouldn't? Its beautiful.
I give this a 5 stars and I recommend this one to Steampunk lovers and Fairy Tale Twisters alike!
