I recently read Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries, and it instantly became one of my favorite books ever. It reminded me of a grown-up version of more traditional, dark folklore-type fairytales, in the vein of Hans Christian Andersen (The Snow Queen, for example), with perhaps a bit of Miyazaki thrown in.
Can anyone recommend similar books? Where the fantastical subject matter is taken seriously but is still whimsical?
And though I did say “grown-up,” I’m not looking for super dark themes; I know Anne Rice has a Sleeping Beauty series that features BDSM. That’s not my cup of tea.
by gnatslikefruit
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Check out **Uprooted** by Naomi Novik. It’s a mature fairytale-like story, but not super dark.