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28. Wrestling with Angels - ⭐⭐⭐ - A retelling of an Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) story (according to the author) where Jacob wrestles with the angel. Quite sad.

26. Mama Gone - ⭐⭐⭐ - A retelling of a vampire story and a proof that the author can write a gentle retelling when she wants. Even if the story isn't particularly memorable, imo.

27. The Woman Who Loved a Bear - This is a retelling of a Native American story from the Tales from the Great Turtle short story collection, according to the author. It was fine.

25. Cinder Elephant - ⭐⭐⭐ - Obviously a Cinderella retelling. While I have problems with how both the fat Cinderella and wraith thin step-sister were represented, I will admit that I ended up enjoying the absurdist tendencies of this story. Even if the prince was more into birds than humans.

24. The Gwynhfar - ⭐⭐ - Arthur and Guinevere retelling. Very icky. Also, it give me the additional ick of a possible villainization and*or degradation of disability?

23. Allerleitauh - ⭐⭐ - I don't care that the author says that this is a Cinderella retelling. To me, this is obviously a Snow White retelling and yet another one where the author treats the titular character gruesomely. Why? I have no clue. Except to maybe showcase that she can be crueler to her female characters than the original fairy tales?

21. Sule Skerry - ⭐⭐⭐ - A retelling of a Selkie story. It was whatever. It contains questionable consent.

22. Once a Good Man - ⭐⭐⭐ - I am not familiar with the original fairy tale (the author has not given the name of the original). It was fine. I guess that the point that the author was trying to make is that human will to help others is what makes the difference between heaven and hell?

15. The Undine - ⭐⭐⭐ - This Little Mermaid retelling was fine. Not memorable.

16. Great Grandfather Dragon's Tale - ⭐⭐⭐ - This is supposedly a retelling of St. George’s dragon story? It was whatever.

17. Green Plague - ⭐⭐⭐ - A Pied Piper retelling without a proper ending.

18. The Unicorn and the Pool - An unnecessary, imho, Jesus metaphor.

13. One Old Man, with Seals - ⭐⭐⭐ - I am not familiar with the original story of this one. This was fine.

14. Sleeping Ugly - ⭐⭐ - This one was terrible, ostensibly a retelling of Sleeping Beauty. That the author decided that a proper punishment for someone being mean and a spoiled brat is to sleep forever without any chance to wake up again is, well, very telling imo, and I find it extremely cruel and unreasonable.

9. Sun/Flight - ⭐⭐⭐ - this one is obviously an Icarus retelling, but again, nothing special, I read it only yesterday and I have already started to forget details about it.