There were a lot of really interesting ways that Adelmann connected the characters to their stories and in how she had them open up about their individual traumas and struggles. For instance, in Bernice’s Bluebeard-inspired story, Bernice dates a man with a literal blue-dyed beard who is a tech billionaire, and subsequent events follow. Getting all of these women with such unique backgrounds was quite an experience, and I found myself most intrigued by how the author chose to weave them into a modern day backdrop. The women we hear from include: Bernice, from the Bluebeard story Ruby, aka Little Red Ashlee, who starred in a Bachelor-esque reality TV show and whose fairy tale connection I’m still a little uncertain of Raina, whose story connected to Rumpelstiltskin and lastly is Gretel, of Hansel and Gretel. I found each woman to have a distinct and compelling personality for the most part, though there were a couple characters that felt less “prominent” than others and I occasionally found them slipping my mind or blending in with others.
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