![]() ![]() Poet, writer, and Instagram sensation Nikita Gill returns with a collection of fairytales poetically retold for a new generation of women. Some things life chooses for us but it’s our choices that define us.Ĭontent warnings include abuse, mental illness, trauma, alcoholism, betrayal, abandonment, bullying and eating disorders. When we think we have nothing left we find reserves of strength we didn’t even know we possessed. While we want our happily ever after, it’s not guaranteed. Some stories and poems fuelled my hope, showing me victims becoming survivors and villains humanised. Perhaps if there were two sections in the book the shift would have been easier to process. Poems like The Modern-day Fairytale and Ode to the Catcaller Down the Street felt like I was suddenly reading another book altogether, one that wasn’t enchanting and empowering, just mad. ![]() Towards the end of the book I began to wonder if the author had run out of fairytales and was simply fuelled by anger. I don’t usually quote an entire poem but I had to here. My absolute favourite was this empowering gem:Įach time I read it I can feel myself sit up straighter and the resolve to rise up gets stronger. ![]() Jack is willing to face a giant to escape his abusive mother. Sleeping Beauty doesn’t wait for a Prince to awaken her she does it herself. ![]() In these short stories and poems you’ll find well known fairytales with insights into characters, backstories and different endings. ![]()
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