On my 19th birthday, this is the first book that I have finished. So what I can say, you will never too old for a fairytale. 
 Wow what a ride. So ...when can 
 I return to the Grishaverse ? Because I just cannot wait till 2019 for King of Scars to come out !! It's too long, too long I tell you !! 
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 In many ways, that unease has guided me through these stories, that note of trouble that I think many of us hear in familiar tales, because we khow-even as children-that impossible tasks are an old way to choose a spouse, that predators come in many guises, that a prince's whims are often cruel. 
 Actual rating: 4,5 stars 
 This book was magical and the illustration though beautiful !! You will never too old for a fairy tale. 
 This anthology reminded me of Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Rigg. All through this book Leigh has told us the truth, the truth about princes, and told us that we can have freedom for ourselves with or without prince. 
 Ayama and the Thorn Wood : 5/5 stars 
 This was probably my favorite story from this book. It has great meaning . Something isn't like the way you think. You can't rely on appearance to judge someone and everyone need to look inside, look harder. That was the main meaning of this short story but in this story there were 3 difference stories with 3 difference meaning. 
 The first tale: Some people are born with a piece of night inside, and that hollow place can never be filled-not with all the good food or sunshine in the world. That emptiness cannot be banished, and so some days we wake with the feeling of the wind blowing through, and we must simply endure it as the boy did. 
 The second tale: Bad fates do not always follow those who deserve them. 
 The third tale: There are better things than princes 
 The Too-Clever Fox 4/5 stars 
 Don't judge a book by it covers is clearly the meassege but there was something else. Sometime, wise is better than clever. 
 I have reviewed this story before though. 
 When Water Sang Fire 4,5 stars 
 Hello Darkling my old friend !! There was someone I think you would love to meet !! (view spoiler)[ So this tale revealed that The Darkling had a sister well half-sister and he has performed his manipulation even then with his sister, well clever you (hide spoiler)]. So if Ulla mother was her didn't mean that she had the power like The Darkling too ? I hope we will meet her again in the next series ? She can be the next villian. 
 The Soldier Prince 4/5 stars 
 I was confused while reading this. What was with the ending though. Could belief can turn a doll into a person and a person into a doll ? Was this the meaning of the story, it told us about the power of belief ? That if we believe in something strong It can happen ? 
 Wanting is why people get up in the morning. It gives them something to dream of at night. The more I wanted, the more I became like them, the more real I became.