Spin: Rumpelstiltskin Retold

This is Spin: Rumpelstilskin Retold written by Demelza Carlton. The books in this series are quite different from the original fairy tales. They are all captivating, in that you never quite know what will happen next. Spin ended quite abruptly and I am left wishing I knew what had happened afterward......more

This was an interesting retelling of "Rumpelstiltskin" and I enjoyed reading about Molina and how this series draws so many connections to other books within it. This book also sets things up really well for a retelling of "Rapunzel" that I hope will be added at some point in the future. Series Chara......more

This is the first of the Retold fairytales I’ve read in this series by Demelza Carlton, and it was somewhat amusing, but mostly disappointing. There’s no real character development between the menfolk and their ladies. One husband is away, questing to break a curse so fiercely that his brother-in-la......more

A good fairytale retelling is a thing of great pleasure and Demelza Carlton’s Romance a Medieval Fairytale series is chock full of great examples of this. Her Spin: Rumpelstiltskin Retold (Book 13 in the series) is no exception. This book is, quite simply, extremely imaginative and superbly written.......more

Spin: Rumpelstiltskin Retold is, like its predecessors in Mrs. Carlton's fairytale rewrite series, is a very different rendition of an age old story. You still have the bones: the millers daughter, the mad king, and the golden thread, but the flesh is very different indeed. I thoroughly enjoy Mrs. C......more