There are stories that could have been executed better. And while I enjoyed some of the poems and stories in this collection, I found them to be repetitive to a fault. Incorporated herein, are the same themes she’s been actively advocating - feminism and self-love. Now comes her newest poetry book Fierce Fairytales: Poems & Stories to Stir Your Soul which delves on a different take on our most loved fairy tales. It has a theme of self-love, self-healing, love, loss and heartbreak, which I appreciated. I remember tabbing few poems that resonated with me more than the others. I’ve read her previous poetry book Your Soul is a River and quite enjoyed the same. Get your copy here: Amazon | Book Depository You will meet fearless princesses, a new kind of wolf lurking in the concrete jungle, and an independent Gretel who can bring down monsters on her own.Ĭomplete with beautifully hand-drawn illustrations by Gill herself, Fierce Fairytales is an empowering collection of poems and stories for a new generation. Instead, lines blur between heroes and villains. In this book, gone are the docile women and male saviors. Through her gorgeous reimagining of fairytale classics and spellbinding original tales, she dismantles the old-fashioned tropes that have been ingrained in our minds. Traditional fairytales are rife with cliches and gender stereotypes: beautiful, silent princesses ugly, jealous, and bitter villainesses girls who need rescuing and men who take all the glory.īut in this rousing new prose and poetry collection, Nikita Gill gives Once Upon a Time a much-needed modern makeover.

Poet, writer, and Instagram sensation Nikita Gill returns with a collection of fairytales poetically retold for a new generation of women.

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