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Some of today's top authors have come together to retell classic tales - from fairy stories to Victorian-era fiction. As usual with this kind of anthology, it's a fairly hit-or-miss affair, but the hits here are so strong that they're well worth picking up the book for.

I was less impressed by Garcia's [[Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl|co-author Margaret Stohl's]] contribution. Her ''Sirocco'', which takes place on the film set of an adaptation of ''The Castle of Otranto'', did little to capture my attention. Similarly, [[:Category:Carrie Ryan|Carrie Ryan's]] ''That The Machine May Progress Eternally'', inspired by EM Forster's ''The Machine Stops'' was one that I couldn't get to grips with - Ryan's writing style doesn't appeal to me at all, although I know her [[The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan|Forest of Hands and Teeth]] books have a lot of fans. Prior to this collection, my only exposure to the works of [[:Category:Melissa Marr|Melissa Marr]] was [[Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr|Carnival of Souls]], which I couldn't recommend that highly because of a poor ending. Happily, her take on Kate Chopin's ''Awakenings'', inspired by the Orkneys' selkie legends, has a much more satisfying conclusion and is one that all folklore fans should check out.