Today is my stop on the blog tour for Fairies and Frosting, Book 7 in Christina Bauer's series Fairy Tales of The Magicorum and I'm delighted to present Christina's guest post!
My Most (and Least!) Favorite Fairy Tales
As part of the launch tour for my new book, FAIRIES AND FROSTING (Magicorum #7), the lovely folks at Reading Tonic have asked me to share some thoughts on fairy tales. This is an ideal topic since FAIRIES AND FROSTING is inspired by the story of Cinderella!
With that in mind, here are my most (and least!) favorite fairy tales… THE THREE WORST FAIRY TALES IN THE HISTORY OF EVER, IMHO Three. Princess and the Frog In this story, the princess is a witch-with-a-b who chucks a defenseless amphibian against a wall. Not okay. She’s then rewarded for this violent behavior (I’m making finger quotes while typing rewarded) by getting a prince. Eew, eew, eew. Two. Princess and the Pea Here the so-called princess is identified by her ability to whine about bedding. Being a high-maintenance guest should not be equated with royalty. That’s just being a douchebag. One. Goldilocks This is another tale that I place in the category of high-maintenance behavior mistaken as cool. Breaking and entering is against the law, end of story. If one is in need of support, then it’s appropriate to wait outside the home for the family to return before helping yourself to their shit. THREE SUPER-COOL FAIRY TALES THAT I ADORE Three. Athena This one is more of a myth than a fairy tale, but this is my list, so nyah. Athena is the Greco-Roman goddess of war. Even though she is the only deity (other than Zeus) who can wield the infamous thunderbolt, she normally uses clever ruses to defeat her opponents instead. That’s class. Two. Isis The Isis myth was a top story in northern Africa for more than 40,000 years. Its lessons even informed ancient Egypt, a culture that survived 3000 years (that’s more than ten times longer than the US, for those who are counting.) The tale is all about doing the right thing over materialism. Yes. I write about Isis in more detail here. Three. Cinderella This is my all-time favorite story and I adore the Grimm’s Fairy Tale version. In the original, Cinderella gets her own ass to the ball. No fairy godmothers involved. I adore this take on the character and it definitely inspired my approach while writing FAIRIES AND FROSTING. So there you have it—my worst and first fairy tales. Hope you enjoyed my list and I hope to see you on a future book launch!
Thank you to Christina for her wonderful post!
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