Slippers and Thieves by Christna Bauer - Book Tour + Giveaway
Slippers And Thieves
Christina Bauer
(Fairy Tales of the Magicorum #4)
Published by: Monster House Books
Publication date: November 26th 2019
Genres: Paranormal, Young Adult
Years ago, Elle—never call her Cinderella—escaped her evil step family in order to build a new life for herself in Manhattan. Today, Elle’s awful past is a distant memory. In fact, Elle even attends West Lake Prep, an exclusive high school where regular humans mix with members of the Magicorum, such as fairies, shifters and witches. Although she still must live in hiding from her evil stepfamily, Elle has always found ways to get whatever her heart desires.That is, until Alec Le Charme.Alec is the heir to the Le Charme dynasty of high-end jewelers. He’s also kind, charismatic, has a knee-melting smile. Elle has fallen for him, hard. Unfortunately, thanks to Elle’s evil step family, Alec is absolutely off limits. In fact, if Elle and Alec so much as kiss, it will start a magical chain reaction that would end in powerful factions of witches and wizards going to war. As a result, Elle and Alec vow to stay friends, no matter what. Then West Lake Prep holds a masquerade ball. Identities get mixed up and forbidden kisses are finally shared.Time for the Magicorum to go to war, and for Elle to confront her hidden past in ways she never thought possible.
Guest Post
“Guest post topic: Favorite and least
favorite fairytales, and why?”
Best And Worst Fairy Tales
By Christina Bauer, Author
My new book, SLIPPERS AND THIEVES,
retells the Cinderella story. As part of the launch tour, the brilliant folks
at Jazzy Book Reviews asked me to discuss my most and least favourite fairy
tales. I love this question so here goes…
THE THREE WORST FAIRY TALES IN THE
HISTORY OF EVER, IMHO
Three. Princess and the Frog
In this
story, the princess is a witch-with-a-b who chucks a defenseless amphibian
against a wall. Not okay. She’s then rewarded
for this violent behaviour (I’m making finger quotes while typing rewarded) by getting a prince. Eew, eew,
eew.
Two. Princess and the Pea
Here the
so-called princess is identified by her ability to whine about bedding. Being a
high-maintenance guest should not be equated with royalty. That’s just being a
douchebag.
One. Goldilocks
This is
another tale that I place in the category of high-maintenance behaviour mistaken as cool. Breaking and entering
is against the law, end of story. If one is in need of support, then it’s
appropriate to wait outside the home
for the family to return before helping yourself to their shit.
THREE SUPER-COOL FAIRY TALES THAT I
ADORE
Three. Athena
This one
is more of a myth than a fairy tale, but this is my list, so nyah. Athena is the Greco-Roman goddess
of war. Even though she is the only deity (other than Zeus) who can wield the
infamous thunderbolt, she normally uses clever ruses to defeat her opponents
instead. That’s class.
Two. Isis
The Isis
myth was a top story in northern Africa for more than 40,000 years. Its lessons
even informed ancient Egypt, a culture that survived 3000 years (that’s more
than ten times longer than the US, for those who are counting.) The tale is all
about doing the right thing over materialism. Yes. I
write about Isis in more detail here.
Three. Cinderella
This is
my all-time favourite story and I adore the Grimm’s Fairy Tale version. In the
original, Cinderella gets her own ass to the ball. No fairy godmothers involved.
I adore this take on the character and definitely was inspired by that approach
when writing my own Cinderella book.
So there
you have it—my worst and first fairy tales. Hope you enjoyed this post and I
hope to see you on a future tour!
Author Bio:Christina Bauer thinks that fantasy books are like bacon: they just make life better. All of which is why she writes romance novels that feature demons, dragons, wizards, witches, elves, elementals, and a bunch of random stuff that she brainstorms while riding the Boston T. Oh, and she includes lots of humor and kick-ass chicks, too.Christina graduated from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School with BA’s in English along with Television, Radio, and Film Production. She lives in Newton, MA with her husband, son, and semi-insane golden retriever, Ruby.Be the first to know about new releases from Christina by signing up for her newsletter: http://tinyurl.com/CBupdates
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Thanks for being on the tour! :)
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