Fairytales for Wilde Girls by Allyse Near
A deliciously dark bubblegum-gothic fairytale from a stunning new Australian talent.
‘He’s gone the same way as those little birds that bothered me with their awful songs! And you will too, you and your horrible heart-music, because you won’t stay out of my woods!’
There’s a dead girl in a birdcage in the woods. That’s not unusual. Isola Wilde sees a lot of things other people don’t. But when the girl appears at Isola’s window, her every word a threat, Isola needs help.
Her real-life friends – Grape, James and new boy Edgar – make her forget for a while. And her brother-princes – the mermaids, faeries and magical creatures seemingly lifted from the pages of the French fairytales Isola idolises – will protect her with all the fierce love they possess.
It may not be enough.
Isola needs to uncover the truth behind the dead girl’s demise and appease her enraged spirit, before the ghost steals Isola’s last breath.
First of all, WHAT IS A BUBBLEGUM-GOTHIC FAIRY TALE. I’ve never heard of it before, but it sounds so damn interesting. Also, Aussie debut? SHUT THE FRONT DOOR.
Aside from those two things, though, FAIRYTALES FOR WILDE GIRLS just sounds so much like an Amy book: Any kind of fairy tale retelling at all is going to set off all my bells, and this one sounds just weird enough to be totally intriguing. I have no idea when or if this book is coming out in the US, but it’s officially on my radar and my WANT list.
FAIRYTALES FOR WILDE GIRLS is out in Australia now from Random House Australia
Ooooooh. This sounds super good. Definitely going to have to try and get a copy.
I hadn’t heard of this one, but it does sound good. Great pick!
Haha I love that this IMMEDIATELY went on your WoW 🙂
Haha, fairytale retellings are something that always catch my eyes, too. And I am wondering the same thing – what is a bubblegum-gothic ANYTHING!
Thanks for sharing. I’m adding it to my goodreads. Woot!
Ha, so when I first saw this pop up in my feedly my first thought was the more rated-R version of “shut the front door.” This one sounds flippin fantastic and I MUST read it! Also yes.. what is a bubblegum gothic fairy tale? And why does this sound exactly like the books I could read forever?!
I must fourth your question about what is a bubblegum-gothic fairy tale? I didn’t think those things could all go together! Thanks for putting this on my radar 🙂