Fairy tales are making a comeback. Earlier in the spring, Julie Roberts starred as the evil queen in MIRROR MIRROR - a lighthearted take on Snow White. This weekend, Charlize Theron portrays a monstrous queen in SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN. Perhaps SLEEPING BEAUTY is next for the silver screen.
In the meantime, Kristine Grayson offers her own modern twist of classic fairy tales. Kristine is celebrating Sourcebooks' reissue of THOROUGHLY KISSED - Book 2 in the Charming Books series:
Sleeping Beauty has sworn off kissing...
Emma awakens to an entirely different world than the one she lived in a thousand years ago, and although she's the real Sleeping Beauty, her life is no fairy tale. After parting ways with her supposed Prince Charming, she's determined to be a normal girl—she hides her magic and swears off kissing strange men.
But her gorgeous boss Michael knows there 's something unusual about Emma, and he thinks she's as infuriating as she is beautiful. Now Emma needs to teach Michael a lesson, which means mastering her magic. She knows she's flirting with danger, but after one look at Michael's perfect lips, all she can think is, "What's another thousand years ... ?"
Welcome to the fractious fairy tale world of Kristine Grayson, where the bumpy road to happily ever after is paved with surprises ...
I posted my review of THOROUGHLY KISSED at this link. I am giving away a print copy of THOROUGHLY KISSED to one randomly selected commenter. To enter the giveaway,
1. Leave a comment about fairy tales - do you have a favorite "retelling" of a classic story?
I enjoyed Drew Barrymore in EVER AFTER - she put her own stamp on Cinderella.
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| Barrymore's Cinderella at the Ball |
2. This giveaway is open to all readers.
3. Comments are open through Saturday, June 9, 10 pm in Hawaii. I'll post the winner on Sunday, June 10.
Mahalo,
Kim in Hawaii
To learn more about Kristine and her books, including links to purchase, check out her website at kristinegrayson.com.
I totally agree with you Kim. I loved Drew in Ever After. I think it's the only movie that ever made me cry.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed Enchanted with Amy Adams.
ReplyDeleteI read a BEAUTY AND THE BEAST inspired story not long ago that I enjoyed: HEART'S BLOOD by Juliet Marillier.
ReplyDeletei love Ever After too :)
ReplyDeleteI'm another fan of Drew Barrymore's Ever After...
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is Ever After. But all my all time favorite fairy tale is Snow White!.
ReplyDeletePlease do not enter me in this drawing.
Me too. Love Drew Barrymore's portrayal in Ever After. My daughter must watch it two times a week and never tires of it.
ReplyDeleteCarol L
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I loved Ever After. It was so well done. I still watch it periodically.
ReplyDeleteI like scary movies so the TV movie, Snow White a Tale of Terror was perfect for me. Sigourney Weaver as the evil witch was perfect.
ReplyDeleteGeishasmom73 AT yahoo DOT com
Beauty and the Beast has always been my favorite - there was a TV series quite a while ago with Linda Hamilton that I really enjoyed.
ReplyDeleteI saw 'Mirror,Mirror' and tomorrow will go to see 'Snow White and the Huntsman', but the one I'm really enjoying is the animated 'Tangled'.
ReplyDeletesallans d at yahoo dot com
Ever After is also my favorite.
ReplyDeleteDrew Barrymore and her prince in Ever After is my all time favorite. Angelica Huston and her daughters also put in a great performance. She and her oldest daughter were the perfect ones to hate. I watch it fairly frequently and it never ceases to make me cry.
ReplyDeleteEver After was a very cute movie. I'm planning to see Snow White and the Huntsman sometime while it is in theaters. I like the look of it.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen a retelling of a fairy tale.
ReplyDeleteI love retelling of fairy tales. Ella Enchanted is one of my favorites.
ReplyDeleteMel
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I like Enchanted.
ReplyDeleteI love the retelling of FT's Ever After tops the charts,
ReplyDeleteWould love this making notes putting on my TBB List.
Have a good one Ann/alba
I AM SO GOING to see Snow white & the Huntsman.
Briar Rose is one of my favorite fairy tale re-telling and has a WWII setting. It was interesting and different.
ReplyDeleteI like Penelope with Christina Ricci, a Beauty and the Beast flavored story. But Ever after is also a great movie.
ReplyDeleteI loved the idea of Ever After, but since I am not a Drew Barrymore fan she ruined it for me. I did love the Beauty and the Beast tv series that was on tv long time ago, maybe in the late 80's-early 90's? I was really young but sometimes my Mom would let me watch it. The Beast lived in the sewers under some city, and Beauty would meet him there. Hmm...I should google it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for a great post! I love Everafter too! I remember seeing it in the movie theater too!
ReplyDeleteEver After is one of my favorite movies! I watch it every time I'm home sick or with one of the girls.
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ReplyDeletegkuroda(at)hawaii.edu
The Beast by Judith Ivory is a favorite of mine.
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