Desperately Wanting Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee.com. For books that you are desperately wanting, either because they haven't been released or you haven't purchased them yet.
I loved Fairy Tales when I was a kid. I think I read every single fairy tale book in the library and then my mom started buying me nicer volumes of them. So when there are updated and modernized version of my favorite stories I swoon. I absolutely love it! This is my selection of modernized fairy tales I wouldn't mind reading.
Author: A. C. Gaughen
Fairy Tale: Robin Hood
"Posing as one of Robin Hood’s thieves to avoid the wrath of the evil Thief Taker Lord Gisbourne, Scarlet has kept her identity secret from all of Nottinghamshire." read more on goodreads
Title: Princess of the Midnight Ball
Author: Jessica Day George
Fairy Tale: Twelve Dancing Princesses
"A tale of twelve princesses doomed to dance until dawn…"
read more on goodreads
Title: Cinder
Author: Marissa Meyer
Fairy Tale: Cinderella
"Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population." read more on goodreads