The Wicked Wolves of Windsor: and other fairytales by Byrd Nash – Review by Jennifer Gordon

The Wicked Wolves of Windsor: and other fairytales by Byrd Nash
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Wicked Wolves of Windsor: and other fairytales by Byrd Nash
4 of 5 Stars
This is a book containing eight separate stories, each one a modern day fairytale. Described as, “Feminist fairytales, timeless stories” and “A Dash of Magic, and a Hint of Wicked”.
I enjoyed this collection of short stories, each story is completely different to the others but they all have a strong female lead and feature a women who is intent on saving herself. The stories include, a pack of wolves who are not what they seem, a talking horse who lies, a humble milkmaid who is a stunning sorceress and a king who is a bit reptilian in nature. My favourite story was, the third one in the book, ‘The Queens Favourite’, the title story, ‘The Wicked Wolves of Windsor’, was also a favourite.
Each story by Byrd Nash is well written with an exciting and unpredictable storyline and although these are short stories they all have a plot and a satisfactory ending, which often left me speechless. Nash, herself calls this book a “collection of fantasy fairytales”, and they do not disappoint.

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