The author takes on these questions and gives us a much more darker and fierce version of the classics like Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood etc.

At one point I felt like maybe Gill was building a new lesbian army of teens to take over the world; that's how all out awful a lot of the last poems/stories were. Menuda preciosidad de libro y de poemas; desde la primera página, quedé absolutamente cautivada por la forma en que tiene la autora de transmitir tanto sentimiento, a través de sus relatos, tanto los originales como aquellos que reinterpretan los cuentos de hadas que todos conocemos, como el de Caperucita Roja, Hansel y Gretel, o Peter Pan. The writing of this had me awestruck and there was so much magic throughout, the perfect blend of real life and fantasy.There’s empowering women to be independent and standing up to the patriarchy, and then there’s being an asshole. So instead I will leave Fierce Fairytales off my gifting list and be conscious of the rhetoric around me that all the lovely children in my life (none of which are my own) may be subject to on any given day. I kind of just started skimming when there were horrible blanket statements about men and shameful undertones towards women who would want a “traditional” lifestyle.

Most of these poems read like they were ripped from a Tumblr post or Twitter thread on empowerment and self-love. She has taken known fairy tales (some from around the world) and given them a darker or more realistic spin. But I felt like I was constantly getting beaten over the head with The Feminist Stick © Which is an okay stick - don't get me wrong - but it hurt. It is so attractive, and I'm afraid I've ran my hands over it countless times, which obviously, I'm unapologetic about, because it's simply beautiful. Along with the writing are illustrations done by the author that accompanies each piece which was gorgeous.Some of the pieces seemed to be written more meaningfully and executed slightly better than others, so they felt a little out of place. The last few poems are very disturbing to me considering they are the most likely to be remembered (being last).

Gill reimagines the renowned tales through magical short stories and poems to empower and motivate all who read.

I felt way too uncomfortable reading the cheesy poems and the predictability of it all, sometimes I feel like it tries so hard to be an aesthetic self-help book Hahhahaahahh.