Review: Short Collection of New Fairy Tales
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 7, 2013
Otherworldly is the first book that I have read from this author and I must say she did a really good job of bringing a new set of fairy tales to life. Otherworldly is a collection of four short stories that will take you from water fairies to mythical creatures of the night. Each story develops the characters strongly and pulls you into their little world for a few moments with smooth transition from beginning to end. Each story has many different under tows that one could interpret from them, but those I will leave for you to discover.In "Cascade", we follow the tale of two different strangers, one human like and the other a sprite or water fairy, that meet in a waterfall that is surrounded by what I imagined was a rainforest-type exotic world. One thing is for certain and that is that these two are never to meet but this chance encounter does not bring the danger to the other that it normally would.  For me, Cascade is my favorite of the four. I think that a novella type story would be very enchanting to further explore these characters.Second in the set is "Red Ribbon" where we are taken to a sun-bleached, harsh terrain where even mere survival takes every instinct that you possess. While we watch the main character searching for their love and having to overcome "The Scarred" to return to them, we see the bitter heartbreak and tormentuous journey that one goes on in search of the one.Third we come across "Footsteps", while parts of this has remnants of our world, it is after our world has come to its end and there are but a few left. The character in our story is on a familiar journey to mounded graves to remember those that have passed. While she finds comfort in some things the story highlights her loneliness and longing in an empty world.The last story we read is "Untamed".  This one is much more dark than those that have come before it and within it's dark pages we find ourselves in the midst of a foreboding night by the cliffs, where a warrior love is lost, but another love is reunited in its proper place.In each of these stories the lively imagery brought to life by the author is amazing. With some of the most descriptive words possible you will see the surroundings come alive while the mythical tale and characters will take you on an adventure in fairy tales.I received a copy of this book, from the author in exchange for my honest review.