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Ok, so I don’t want to let this thread die on that note. Here are some others.
Curse Dark As Gold (by Elizabeth Bunce) – I liked this book. It’s a retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin tale from the POV of the miller’s daughter. It’s the author’s own spin on the characters of the story, though. The miller dies and leaves the running of the mill to his two daughters. They have a hard time of it and it’s rumored that the mill is cursed. The eldest daughter is set on keeping the family mill running, however. The Rumpelstiltskin character in this story bears some striking similarities to human Rumple from OUAT. I don’t want to give anything away, but it’s easy to pretend it’s the same person
Once Upon A Time series by Cameron Dokey, Suzanne Weyn, and others. – I read a few in this series and liked it. “The Crimson Thread”, the Rumplestiltskin tale in this series was really enjoyable. These books are small and in the kid/teen section so don’t expect extreme epicness, but they are well written. (oh and I can’t vouch for every book, but Crimson Thread at least bore almost no resemblance to the original story, it was like AU or something, which was refreshing)
Beauty – by Robin Mckinley – A retelling of Beauty and the Beast. It was nice, but I’d already read the “Once Upon A Time” version (above) of the story and they were so similar I felt like I was reading it again. Regardless – it is good, but the “Beast” character is really underdeveloped and has that “faceless prince” vibe going on that fairy tales are want to do.
Mercedes Lackey – She has a series called “The 500 Kingdoms” which pull a lot from fairy tales. I haven’t read any of them but she’s a wonderful author (I’ve only read her Valdemar books…). A coworker told me her “Elemental Masters” series was better and was also fairy tale focused. She also has a duet called “Fairy Tale”, so there is that…
Dennis L McKiernan – He’s got several fairy tale themed books. I haven’t read any of them, but he’s popular.
Great book website: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk This website looks like it was made in the 90s, but it’s the most well kept up to date fiction indexing website I’ve come across. I use it all the time to find out about new books or (mostly) what order books come in. It also lists other books recommended by the author. Only for fiction, obviously. It’s also won’t turn up anything if you spell the author or title wrong.
[adrotate group="5"]That was absolutely beautiful. Seems such a tough childhood… and to have a father that loved him so much to do what he did. You know he must think about his dad a lot when he portrays Rumplestiltskin (esp pre-curse Rumple).
As far as the book goes… I won’t even say anything. Some people just don’t read “books”. And you know what? It’s fine. It’s FINE.
So – update. I finished the book. I really wasn’t all that impressed. I guess her daughter wrote more of the book than her giant name would lead you to believe. Ouch. That isn’t fair. I haven’t read Jodi Picoult before. Maybe her characters really are one dimentional and immature all the time. But to be fair… this IS a teen book, and to be truthful the writing and characterization are pretty on par with a lot of teen books I’ve read. So if you read a lot of that I’d still recommend this. Especially for younger teens, I think. Of course I’m pretty hard on books when it comes to writing style. I wasn’t even impressed with The Hunger Games and everyone loves that so take my review with a grain of salt.
Oh man – I’m at work right now but as soon as I get home I am ON this. A book that changed his life? TELLMENOWPLEASE. I’ll read it. I’ve been desperate to know his reading habits for awhile… I’m only a little obsessed. Please tell me it’s not like “I was walking along and this book – I don’t even know what it was (words, shrug) fell out of a window and hit me on the head which caused me to have to go to a hospital, and while there I met a man who introduced me to the concept of aCtInG.”
Thank you!
Regina probably did do something to cover her tracks. Maybe disguised herself as a cleric to King Moe? As for why Rumps didn’t take revenge on him….he promised Belle as part of their deal that her family and friends wouldn’t be harmed. So I imagine that is binding to him.
I know someone who is going to Comic Con but unfortunately she doesn’t really care for OUAT, so I don’t think I can convince her to go to any of the panels and be my eyes and ears (I’m sure we’ll be able to watch them online at some point, though). Maybe she’ll be able to grab some OUAT swag. I wonder what they’ll be handing out.
@Clockwatcher wrote:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
I saw that and thought: Humpty Dumpty. Prince Charming is Humpty Dumpty. 😆
Awesome. I like it! New fan prediction! You should call into the show about it. 😉
These all look really awesome! I’ve bookmarked them and will go check them out when I have some free time…
My ff.net account is
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/166749/
I’ve been reading so much fanfic lately I hardly have time for real books. I like reading Gold/Rumps fics, and these are my favorite authors that write that (Mostly Rumbelle): Bad_Faery, Rhinegold (Emma/Gold), crzysheelf, and Sapsorrow86. Also, there is a fic on archiveofourown.com called “Bed of Thorns” by Nym that is amazing. All of what I just mentioned is smut. As a warning.
A few fics that aren’t smut but are amazing (anyway ;)) are:
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7960819/1/Karner_Blue (There is a companion/sequel on the authors main page if you like it)
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7918774/1/No_One_Like_Gaston (Very cute)
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8081737/1/Baubles (This is a collection of one-shots, the second is exceptional.)Some of these are sad, as a warning.
