Never After

This is a super thematic romantic fairy tales collection

"Can He Bake a Cherry Pie?" by Laurell K. Hamilton. Elinore rejects her father's arranged marriage to the perverted earl; instead she decides to rescue Prince True from the witch in the cave who proved women are stronger than men.-------

"The Shadow of Mist" by Yasmine Galenorn. Siobhan Morgan the wereseal selkie rejects the arranged marriage with the man who raped her; Terrance has searched for her for over a century demanding she complete the contract. Siobhan ponders her next move.-------

"The Tangleroot Palace" by Marjorie M. Liu. The king orders his daughter Princess Salinda to wed the warlord, but instead Sally flees to a magical forest where a queen demands she complete a quest or else.----------

"The Wrong Bridegroom" by Sharon Shinn. At Kallenore Castle, King Reginald offers his daughter Princess Olivier in marriage to the first man who completes three tests successfully.---------

This super thematic romantic fairy tales collection is owned by the independent women who reject men ordering them to marry mates not of their choice; bravely they insist on much more from a mate.-----------

Harriet Klausner

11 out of 11 people found this review helpful.

Not worth paying for

I only purchase books from authors I know and like, because I reread them. I bought this book b/c Laurell Hamilton was one of the authors and I own all of her books. I read all the stories and promptly returned the book. I had no desire to ever reread them.

3 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

Great book

This is great group of stories, I really love these books. Not only do I get an extra book from my favorite authors. These are a great way to find new favorite authors!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Agreed With "Not Worth Paying For" Review

I bought the book because I thought it would be a good way to read something from Laurell Hamilton, who people seem to rave about. I was very disappointed. Can't say I would go purchase anything else written by her. Enjoyed the Yasmine Galenorn installment as it has her 'Sisters of the Moon' characters in it. Marjorie Liu made a unique contribution. This was first thing of Sharon Shinn's I have seen. Nice plot line.

Highly Recommended - not your plain boring old fairy tales!

I really enjoyed this book. Fresh new twist on the old fairy tales. I will always buy anything from Laurell K. Hamilton as well as Marjorie M. Liu and Yasmine Galenorn. I love their writing and my daughter has been enjoying their books as well. This was the first time I have read anything from Sharon Shinn, but will have to check out her other works. Thank you ladies for all of the memorable hours we spend in your worlds. You all have great talent. I recommend your books to everyone.

Never After review

I am a huge Laurell Hamilton fan so I had to pick this one up. I thought the other authors did well but not enough for me to run out and purchase any of their work.

Happily Ever After

I loved the title, cover and theme of this book. This is a great set of short stories about Princesses facing a fate worse than death but are triumphant in the end. The first story was my favorite! Who said you needed a prince in your life to be happy? I hope you enjoy reading these stories... I sure did!

My Favorite Fairy Tale

This collection was okay in general, but the first story (Laurell Hamilton) is one that I look forward to telling to my children, especially my daughters.

A fun book to fill in on favorite series

The anthologies are fun and give those little connections to favorite characters in the series written by each author. The book is fun to read and I enjoyed it thoroughly.

Happily Never After for sure

Definitely a different take on the whole "happily ever after" theme. Took a few minutes to get into it but then I caught on. Not necessarily my favorite from all the others but worth reading

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