Spindles And Spells: A Fantasy Academy Retelling of Sleeping Beauty

Name: Spindles And Spells: A Fantasy Academy Retelling of Sleeping Beauty
Rating: 4.452381134033203 (42 reviews)

Laura Greenwood

Grimm Academy Series Book 2 · Drowlgon Press

4.5

42 reviews

Ebook

170

Pages

Eligible

About this ebook

Enter the world of Grimm Academy, a fantasy academy where fairy tale characters go to escape their prophecies. Uncover the magic in this retelling of Sleeping Beauty.

Sleeping Beauty refuses to believe in Once Upon A Time.

Her whole life, Briar has been told about her fate, but she doesn't believe a word. Now she's forced to go to Grimm Academy along with all the other fairy tale characters trying to avoid their tales.

When she finds a spindle in one of the tallest towers, she begins to believe, but is it already too late?

Welcome to Grimm Academy, where fairy tale characters go to escape their foretold fate.

Spindles And Spells is part of the Grimm Academy fantasy fairy tale romance series and is a standalone retelling of Sleeping Beauty. It includes a fairy tale heroine determined to save herself and a sweet m/f romance.

If you enjoy fairy tale retellings, fantasy academy settings, friendship, prophecies, strong heroines, and sweet romance, start the Grimm Academy series!

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Ratings and reviews

4.5

42 reviews

Sarah Yasmin

March 8, 2022

***2.5 Stars*** I’ll be honest, I wasn’t expecting a kids book when I read this one, though I probably should have. Unfortunately, the blurb wasn’t clear about that. However, once I started reading it, it quickly became apparent that this was a kid’s book. What I couldn’t figure out was what age group. I assume it’s a YA but it is extremely simplistic for a YA. My teenage daughter would never read this. This is something she would have read in 4th and 5th grade when she was reading Katie Kazoo. However, it has a bit of kissing and mentions guys sleeping over which doesn’t quite put it at that level. I am still confused about which age group it lands in. The writing was decent, the story extremely simple and straightforward. There were no twists and turns worth mentioning – in fact everything was boringly predictable, and I was unclear what the Academy had to do with anything. The romance wasn’t worth mentioning– I couldn’t see what they saw in each other, other than he was first guy who gave her any attention. The only mitigating feature was that the writing was decent, and the friendship angle was nice. Long and short, I did not like book at all and had to slog through it. I come back to maybe middle schoolers would like it? 6th grade? Not sure. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Sherryle

February 26, 2023

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. The twists and turns with the characters each making the plot thicken at different times. Walter & Briar's relationship goes smoothly & ends with him finally meeting her mother & father. Rapunzel has a very special bond between Briar & herself as it strengthens quite abit. I'm glad that Briar has had Rapunzel & Gavin in her life. The ending was quite magical. I'm glad to read the next story in the series as I'm now wondering what will happen next?

Mari Loves Books Blog

April 5, 2020

This is a different re-telling of Sleeping Beauty and it's geared more towards young adults but very enjoyable. It's premise is that Grimm Academy is for those fairy tale characters that want to escape their fate but that proves a little difficult for Briar. The story has some mystery and danger but still that sweet, young romance you expect along with friendships. I can't wait to see where the rest of the stories takes us. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

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