Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul

Exactly what she wanted for Christmas!

Beautifully written collection of fairytale retellings and poems. The cover is beautiful too, but what captured me are the retellings and the poems. They are breathtaking, full of imagery and magic. They are empowering, mostly for women and young girls, but also, sometimes, for men and even monsters. Strong women are celebrated, encouraged, empowered through Nikita Gill’s words. From the dedication, “For you, who has never forgotten the magic. It wants you to know it remembers you too,” to the last poem, aptly Called “Happily Ever After,” every tale and every poem turn the patriarchy upside down, reversing it back to the oldest form of humanity, the matriarchy, in which the playing field was level and women and men stood side by side in equality and celebration of beauty in strength. Many times I whispered, “Wow” as I finished a tale in which the dragons were allies, the princesses rescued themselves, the witch was a healer persecuted by cruel townspeople and their children, the monster was only defending itself, and step-mothers were type-cast and victimized by spoiled princesses used to getting their way. If you love fairytales, if you like reading stories featuring strong women, magic, and karma settling debts, you will love this book. My only criticism is that I wish it were longer.

When you read a book you wish you had been able to write, you know it’s going to be better than alright. I found myself highlighting so many ideas and phrases that I had to stop myself often to just let the words wash over me, or I would highlight the whole book. Beautiful, timely, truth speaking.

Prose and poems that fuel thought and lok beyond the classic fairy tales. Nikita phrases things like no other and i highly rec comend

I really liked this book because the poetry is like listening to a song. Gill’s poetry is truly a gift sent from the gods above

I haven't finished reading it yet, I'm about halfway through. I'm really enjoying the twist on fairly tales. I absolutely LOVE the female power in her stories. I will update as needed. (Oct 2025)

I truly enjoyed this. I had to read this and another one of Nikita’s books for grad school, and I’m ready to read her other books because the way she writes just pulls me in. I definitely recommend this. It’s a new twist on well known fairytales and stories of life.

Amazing!

So beautiful and well made. I have really been enjoying the stories.

Poemas y cuentos parecidos a los famosos de Rupi Kaur pero aveces con más sustancia y esfuerzo, increíble, quiero leer todos sus otros libros

Prodotto buono

Poetry is intuitive and personal. As such, I am hesitant to give poetry a less-than-five-star-rating. I was blown away by Fierce Fairytales. This powerful, empowering, fierce book, reimagines our favourite fairytales; often from the feminist perspective of the ‘villain.’ Not only is the writing gorgeously emotive, the book also contains gorgeous illustrations! Those that especially caught my eye included the image preceding A Tale Of Two Sisters, and the image relating to The Looking Glass. Whilst reading, I made a list of my favourite poems. This list got very out of control, very quickly. Therefore, the following is by no means exhaustive... My favourite poems from the collection were Trapped, Scheherazade The Clever, Wonderland Villain, The Dragon Witch’s Daughter, Baba Yaga and In Absentia: A Common Curse.

Les poème sont magnifiques et le livre est aussi très beau