Views from the Tower
by:
Jessica Grey (author)
Eleven enchanting fairy tale short stories:After spending her whole life isolated in a tower, Rapunzel’s salvation is finally at hand, but she may have merely traded one form of captivity for another…Special Agent Alice Harrison of the Office of Narrative Order should know better than anyone not...
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Eleven enchanting fairy tale short stories:After spending her whole life isolated in a tower, Rapunzel’s salvation is finally at hand, but she may have merely traded one form of captivity for another…Special Agent Alice Harrison of the Office of Narrative Order should know better than anyone not to follow a suspicious (and suspiciously good-looking) man in a white rabbit suit down a hole…Miss Lucinda Beacham is bored. The endless balls and dances she must endure as a debutante hold no enjoyment for her—that is until she finds a frog sitting on the edge of a fountain, a frog who just so happens to know her name…Being a fairy godmother isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, especially when you’re a junior in high school and your next assignment is your former crush…Views from the Tower is a collection of short stories that offers new perspectives on some of your favorite fairy tales, including a trio of different takes on Rapunzel. Each story offers a unique foray into the exciting world of fantasy, as well as a golden opportunity to see some well-known legends in a whole new light.View from the Tower: CaptiveView from the Tower: LongingView from the Tower: HopeChasing StormsThe Price of BeautyOh My Fairy GodmotherIn Her ServiceMountain RoseDown the Rabbit HoleMagical Spell SupportRedAlso includes the first three chapters of Awake: A Fairytale, the debut YA fantasy novel by Jessica Grey
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780985039639
Publish date: August 1st 2012
Publisher: Tall House Books
Pages no: 94
Edition language: English
I'm torn about this book. The writing is pretty typo free, but the style is a little lacking. It is technically correct, but it needs more detail and tone. It's almost as if Grey were frightened to try in some places and worried more about the technical aspect as oppose to the style aspect. Both ...