Genre: Retellings

  • Uptown Oracle Reads… A Curse so Dark and Lonely

    Uptown Oracle Reads… A Curse so Dark and Lonely

    Overall I enjoyed the book, and found that there were a few twists and turns that are different to the original. I also found out that there will be a second book which continues this tale! There’s a slight cliffhanger, but not one that’s too frustrating.

  • Uptown Oracle Reads… The Wendy

    Wendy Darling is an orphan, living in an overcrowded almshouse, ridiculed for believing in a future she can never have. More than anything in the world, she wants to be the captain of a ship. By 1789, she’s sixteen, old enough to be sold into service as a dressmaker or a servant. When she learns…

  • Uptown Oracle Reads… Heart of Iron

    Found as a child drifting through space with D09, Ana was saved by a fearsome space captain and the crew she now calls family. But D09 – one of the last remaining illegal Metals – has been glitching, and Ana will stop at nothing to find a way to fix him. Ana’s desperate effort leads…

  • Uptown Oracle Reads… Ensnared

    EnsnaredRita Stradling (Affiliate Links) A Near Future Retelling of Beauty and the Beast Alainn’s father is not a bad man. He’s a genius and an inventor. When he’s hired to create the robot Rose, Alainn knows taking the money is a mistake. Rose acts like a human. She looks exactly like Alainn. But, something in…

  • Uptown Oracle Reads… Miranda and Caliban

    Uptown Oracle Reads… Miranda and Caliban

    Miranda is a lonely child. For as long as she can remember, she and her father have lived in isolation in the abandoned Moorish palace. There are chickens and goats, and a terrible wailing spirit trapped in a pine tree, but the elusive wild boy who spies on her from the crumbling walls and leaves…