I didn't particularly like this book. When the cover of a book says "Erotic Fairy Tales", I expect some erotic fairy tales. Not some odd (if not interesting) spin on a classic tale. What I mean by that, is that I didn't like how half the stories were given a sci-fi twist. I love sci-fi as much as the next person, but when it comes to classic fairy tales...it just seemed wrong to me. I couldn't even finish the book. The only story I did like was "The Courtship of Wali Daad", just because it was so cute and had a wonderful ending. This book was quite good, especially because it did not circle around sex but it had a deeper development even for a set of short stories.I must admit though that by the time I got to the 5th story I got rather bored and I could not wait to finish the book.One fun fact about these set of stories is that every single story is mentioned in the previous one, being the first story mentioned in the last one creating sort of a loop.Other than this it was also interesting to see some of the most commom fairytales being pulled into the Sci-Fi world.
great twist on old fairy tales, recommended good bedtime reading
—aaddmmmmccddrr
Well, I was between 2 and 3 stars. Mostly it was just okay.
—beth
Only read first story and just couldn't get interested.
—Brookieg
On re-reading, it loses something.
—katdbrown
A mixed bag of stories...
—Angel677
