This was cute, with some fun references to the fairy tales it twists. The art was very up and down for me. Some of the character art was great (the witches in particular) and some felt pretty old-fashioned. The narration is also told in a very old-school high fantasy style and that's not my favorite voice, but it is a story with modern ideas told through that lens so I appreciate that. Probably won't continue on, though.

I just read this in one sitting with the second volume and I'm in love! This is more of what I'd hoped the series Fable would have been-an interesting twist on fantasy/mythology. I loved the art style and the characters, especially Heinrich. I did find the tone a little choppy with how it leaped from different points of the stories, but in my opinion it was pretty easy to follow. The only thing I'm a little confused about is whether this series is still ongoing, but here's hoping it is!

I read this as individual comics, because this book isn't actually out yet. I think they're fun, and creepy with great art. Lots of fairytales were turned on their heads in unique ways, and that was entertaining as well. I'm interested to see how the next issues play out.

Read pretty much in a sitting. This is a fairly effective reimagining of several fairytales, and the mashup works great as far as the world-blending/world-building goes. I like the tying in of our world with the fantasy world a few issues in, the manner that was accomplished was creative.

If you stay with this, including the confusing beginning, it really does repay you. Nice twist to the established tales as well as quite a bit about narrative and story telling. Quite lovely and surprising in a good way.

2.5 stars. It has potential, but the cast isn't very diverse compared to other fantasy titles I've read lately; the art is a bit over-processed but still really awkwardly rendered; the pacing is choppy. Still, there were some interesting enough ideas here that I'd look at the next volume.

I love fairytale retellings, but I went into this one with too high expectations. The plot is pretty standard, and though it seems like a good idea it's poorly done. The storyline is rushed and fragmented. The plot twists are easy to spot, and the explanations aren't well done. It's as if the author wanted to leave some mystery, but didn't do a good job of wrapping it up. There's romance that comes out of nowhere, and then gets dropped just as quickly. It's reads more like a series of connected

I feel like everyone and their cousin has done a fairy-tale mashup at this point, but honestly... I'm still a sucker for them. This one's not too shabby, but it is incredibly hard to follow at the beginning, given that for plot reasons several characters are identical to one another. That said, I enjoyed it, and it was definitely rollicking fun - plus woods-savvy lesbians, which is always a welcome addition.

I read this in single issues, rather than the collected edition, and I'm not sure how much of what I read is in this TPB. I read all 13 issues, and it looks like this volume may only include the first 9, which made mostly a single story. I've never looked back in a comic so many times in my life - not to refresh my memory, but to make sure I didn't accidentally skip a page. This story is so fragmented, so poorly laid out, that I constantly felt I was missing something. Which is a shame, because

Read on Hoopla. Interesting reworking of multiple fairy tales, although very little of it surprised me. I also felt like there was a lot of retelling what had happened up to that point, which may have been necessary in issues but was redundant in a collected trade. The art is fine but not really to my taste. UPDATE: I tried to continue with Volume 2, since there are only two volumes (sounds like the series was canceled rather suddenly) but the art got suddenly horrible (all '90s and male-gaze-y)...

A mash-up of fairy tales where everything is a little bit different than you might remember. Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty have been replaced by imposters who want to dominate the surrounding kingdoms, Red Riding Hood is a gay wolf slayer, the original Rapunzel has lost her memory and has a variety of adventures involving disparate elements of various fairy tales.

This big fairy-tale crossover primarily stars Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, the Frog Prince, and the Little Mermaid. It's a great foundation for storytelling that could offer great new stories.Unfortunately, Damsels turns out to be muddy and unfocused. The first issue is muddled mess that only makes sense in retrospective. The rest of the issues are better, but the story never seems to know what it is. A few issues suggest that it's meant to deconstruct fairy-tale tropes ... but most of the volume

Starts off very strong when the focus is completely on Rapa. But once the focus shifts to new character after new character the story falls apart. The second half of the book felt very rushed as if the book had been cancelled and Moore needed to cram the rest of the story into a few issues. The book had potential but it never came to fruition.

I really liked this first volume of mixed up fairy tale being retold via Rapa. I thought the art was beautifully done, but the women were overly sexualized, and drawn disproportionately which detracted with the theme of this series. I took the underlying theme to be that when women take charge of themselves and become self aware they can do amazing things, however then don't quite fit into a mold which an overarching culture and social structure wishes to place them in. To me that almost seems l...

I enjoy retold faerie tales. This was a bit confusing to follow at times, but overall pretty good. Some characters were not fully developed, &some plot points a bit muddled. Fast-paced at the end. A decent book if you want a quick read. Always interesting to see how authors will twist classic tales. I like the illustration style. I will be looking for Vol 2 to read next to see where this goes.

I can't tell you how many times I flipped back thinking I had skipped a page. I never had; the story was just that fragmented. Good art, some interesting plot choices, but I wouldn't recommend this because of the overall story weakness.

I wanted to like this more, but the story was confusing right off the bat and it took me awhile to get into it. I like the updating of traditional fairytale princess tropes, but this had too much going on--Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty have been replaced by imposters (witches), their memories erased so that they don't remember who they really are (but it takes a while for the reader to figure this out); there is a big tree that somehow connects to giving nightmares to children all over the world?...

Definitely a Females lead this series into a twisty fate which you'll have to see for yourself. Hence the 5 stars

While this is listed as volume 1, it contains a complete story. There are a few loose threads for future issues, but, all in all, evil is defeated, love is found, and every one lives, well, at least better than they did before. My only complaint is that, because of this, everything is a bit rushed, but it is nice to see an arc finish and not dragged out. The characters are intriguing and this is a fun take on fairytales, specifically the princesses of said fairytales. Here's hoping they comes ou...

Reimagined fairy tales with women featuring as most of the heroes and the villains. The story jumps around a bit, but I enjoyed it. A light read, with plenty of action, love, and witchcraft. Def interested to read Volume 2.