Fairy tale fever

Who told you that fairy tales are only for children? Right. You might well say that I'm nothing but a mere teenage girl with a childish, juvenile, immature (or any other word that could suffice your preference) mind, but, the fairy tales that I'm about to share are a bit different, I suppose.

And these kinds of books are just the perfect ones that I gobble up (no, I’m not a monster) to indulge my fancy. Alright, I will not waste any more time. I thereby introduce you to one of my favorite publishers: Simon Pulse! (An imprint of Simon & Schuster.)

You might have heard it before, indeed, but I especially love their Once Upon a Time series. As its name implies, it's a retelling of those classic fairy tales we loved a great deal as a child. The protagonists are mainly heroines, and, as far as I've read, here are the themes: Romance, Fantasy, Happy Ending and Magic.

Unfortunately. I've only read two of their books yet, namely:

Golden (A retelling of Rapunzel.)

Beauty Sleep (A retelling of Sleeping Beauty.)

Both books were written by Cameron Dokey, by the way. And, mind you, her writing style is so amusing, that I never got bored in any part of her books.

Indeed, they're just basically the usual stories, but, with a marvelous twist-- and that's the very thing that makes it enthralling, unique and simply, worth a read.

I assure you, if you love fantasy with a hint of romance, disappointment will not hit you.

A word about Greek mythology

"The bud was plucked before the flower bloomed." Isn't that well said? Why, of course, it was Orpheus who uttered it, after all. (I mean, sung. He sung it to Hades, anyway.)

Perhaps, you might deem that to write something about Greek Mythology isn't fresh and unique, but I tell you, I cannot help it. I mean, who could? After reading such magnificent tales?

And, in addition, I particularly love the romance tales about various mortals, creatures, goddess, gods, et cetera, especially: Narcissus and Echo, Cupid and Psyche and, of course, Orpheus and Eurydice.

I got too much enthused with the conclusion of the tale. And, the main reason that I am fond of it to extremities is simply because it's tragedy. I write tragedies, so what could you expect from a tragic writer? To be a tragic reader.

But then, if I could, I wanted to curse and yell at Orpheus for his too much excitement to see his beloved. I mean, couldn't he wait for just a few seconds, when she's already on the realm of Earth? It's just that, I felt terrible with the fact that they didn't live happily ever after. But, of course, I cannot condemn and upbraid Orpheus for his utmost affection for Eurydice. Well, when you just got your beloved out of the mortifying underworld, could you resist looking into his/her eyes again, even for just a few minutes?

I blame Orpheus, indeed, but, of course, my remorse for him is much more dominant.

Though the tale ended tragically, it's still so wonderful a tale. And, for some reasons, I learned my own lesson from their story.