Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

This illustrated edition is definitely not for kids–but adults will find it deliciously dark. His manuscripts were rediscovered in a German archive, and have now been translated to English for the first time, revealing darker tales and interesting twists on gender, magic, and violence. White As Milk, Red as Blood: The Forgotten Fairy Tales of Franz Xaver von Schönwerth by Franz Xaver von Schönwerth, Willow Dawson, and Shelley Tanakaįranz Xaver von Schönwerth was, like the Brothers Grimm, a man keenly interested in folk tales and fairy tales of Bavaria and traveled throughout the region in the 1850’s to collect stories, faithfully recording them without editorializing. When she arrives, she learns that an evil regent is bent on taking all of her future husband’s power, and she has to go rescue the prince before it’s too late. Rory Thorne thought she was going to inherit her father’s throne, and his interplanetary consortium, but then he was assassinated and her baby brother was born, and now she’s been sent to marry a far-off prince. If you like fairy tales with humor and a bit of space exploration, pick up this hilarious book that plays with fairy tale conventions. Here we go! How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse by K.

We’ve rounded up a list of fifteen adult fairy tales, dark fairy tales, and fairy tale retellings that are perfect for losing yourself in. Just because you’re a grown up doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy fairy tales–after all, some of those stories weren’t exactly told with young audiences in mind.

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