STAR RATING: <\/strong>4\/5 \u2736<\/p>\n\n\n\n SUMMARY:<\/strong> Anything is possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From We Need Diverse Books fifteen award-winning and celebrated diverse authors deliver stories about a princess without need of a prince, a monster long misunderstood, memories that vanish with a spell, and voices that refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alucard and Prince Rhy\u2019s relationship in V.E. Schwab\u2019s Shades of Magic series is finally revealed, Anna-Marie McLemore gives \u201cCinderella\u201d a trans retelling, while letters supernaturally cross borders between Gaza and California Close your eyes. Make a wish. The universe is yours for the taking. (from Titan)<\/p>\n\n\n\n OPINIONS:<\/strong> A Universe of Wishes<\/em> includes fifteen wonderful stories based on fairy tales. As a whole, I really enjoyed the collection and would love to read more stories in this vein – I am a huge fan of YA anthologies so this is exactly my thing. There are a couple of stories that are set within the author’s existing universes – “The Scarlet Woman” by Libba Bray, “A Royal Affair” by V.E. Schwab and “Longer Than the Threads of Time” by Zoraida C\u00f3rdova. But while they are in a familiar world, they are entirely new stories, and some of my favourites in the collection. I loved reading about Rhy and Alucard’s back story in “A Royal Affair” (hi, yes, I’m a Schwab superfan) and “Longer Than the Threads of Time” with its dark twist on Rapunzel set in Central Park’s Belvedere Castle was brilliant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Other favourites include “Cristal y Ceniza” by Anna-Marie McLemore, predictably. This is a trans take on Cinderella, where the prince is non-passing and the narrator falls in love with him and his confidence. As always with their writing, this is beautiful and haunting and DAMN I WANT A WHOLE BOOK. I also really liked Tara Sim’s titular “A Universe of Wishes”, in which a boy commits grave robbery for the bodies innate magic. It is a stunning story of grief and falling in love featuring two soft boys. In “Dream and Dare”, Nic Stone sets up a wonderful world in which Princess Dare has gone missing. Dream, a femme-presenting tomboy (I identified with her fancy dresses while running through the forest so much) is the only one who can track down the missing princess… A beginning to a wonderful romance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I can’t write about all the individual stories here, but every single one is unique and compelling, a collection full of hits. I definitely recommend! Get sucked into the magical world of stories by adding A Universe of Wishes<\/em> to your Goodreads here<\/a>, or ordering a copy from Bookshop here<\/a> (affiliate link).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I love short stories. I love fairy tales. So it was a no-brainer that I picked up this wonderful collection from the folks over at WE NEED DIVERSE BOOKS and Titan – edited by Dhonielle Clayton. This is a wonderful collection of diverse reinterpretations of classic tales. Many thanks to Lydia Gittins and Titan Books for sending me a review copy. All opinions are my own. RELEASE DATE: 06\/07\/2021 STAR RATING: 4\/5 \u2736 SUMMARY: Anything is possible. From We Need Diverse Books fifteen award-winning and celebrated diverse authors deliver stories about a princess without need of a prince, a monster long misunderstood, memories that vanish with a spell, and voices that refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. Alucard and Prince Rhy\u2019s relationship in V.E. Schwab\u2019s Shades of Magic series is finally revealed, Anna-Marie McLemore gives \u201cCinderella\u201d a trans retelling, while letters supernaturally cross borders between Gaza and Californiain Tochi Onyebuchi\u2019s \u201cHabibi\u201d. Close your eyes. Make a wish. The universe is yours for the taking. (from Titan) OPINIONS: A Universe of Wishes includes fifteen wonderful stories based on fairy tales. As a whole, I really enjoyed the collection and would love to read more stories in this vein – I am a huge fan of YA anthologies so this is exactly my thing. There are a couple of stories that are set within the author’s existing universes – “The Scarlet Woman” by Libba Bray, “A Royal Affair” by V.E. Schwab and “Longer Than the Threads of Time” by Zoraida C\u00f3rdova. But while they are in a familiar world, they are entirely new stories, and some of my favourites in the collection. I loved reading about Rhy and Alucard’s back story in “A Royal Affair” (hi, yes, I’m a Schwab superfan) and “Longer Than the Threads of Time” with its dark twist on Rapunzel set in Central Park’s Belvedere Castle was brilliant. Other favourites include “Cristal y Ceniza” by Anna-Marie McLemore, predictably. This is a trans take on Cinderella, where the prince is non-passing and the narrator falls in love with him and his confidence. As always with their writing, this is beautiful and haunting and DAMN I WANT A WHOLE BOOK. I also really liked Tara Sim’s titular “A Universe of Wishes”, in which a boy commits grave robbery for the bodies innate magic. It is a stunning story of grief and falling in love featuring two soft boys. In “Dream and Dare”, Nic Stone sets up a wonderful world in which Princess Dare has gone missing. Dream, a femme-presenting tomboy (I identified with her fancy dresses while running through the forest so much) is the only one who can track down the missing princess… A beginning to a wonderful romance. I can’t write about all the individual stories here, but every single one is unique and compelling, a collection full of hits. I definitely recommend! 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in Tochi Onyebuchi\u2019s \u201cHabibi\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n