New Spins on Classic Books
Phantom of the Opera, Little Woman, and The Tree Musketeers. These are just a small number of books considered classics today. Most were written after most fairy tales and are also known to inspire authors to create their own versions of these stories. In this post, I will be recommending five books where the authors take their own spin on classic books.
Book 1: A Blade So Black
This first book twists Wonderland even further with nightmares roaming through its field and finding ways to our world!
Book Name: A Blade So Black
Author Name: L.L. McKinney
Genre: Fantasy
Release Date: September 25, 2018
Book Number: 1 of 3
Number of Pages: 384 pages
Book Description:
The first time the Nightmares came, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she's trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known as Wonderland with magic weapons and hardcore fighting skills. Yet even warriors have a curfew.
Life in real-world Atlanta isn't always so simple, as Alice juggles an overprotective mom, a high-maintenance best friend, and a slipping GPA. Keeping the Nightmares at bay is turning into a full-time job. But when Alice's handsome and mysterious mentor is poisoned, she has to find the antidote by venturing deeper into Wonderland than she’s ever gone before. And she'll need to use everything she's learned in both worlds to keep from losing her head . . . literally.
Book 2: Phantom Heart
This next book takes The Phantom of the Opera and sets it in the modern day with a Ghost Hunters twist!
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Book Name: Phantom Heart
Author Name: Kelly Creagh
Genre: Paranormal
Release Date: August 17, 2021
Book Number: 1 of ???
Number of Pages: 528 pages
Book Description:
Seventeen-year-old Stephanie Armand doesn’t believe in ghosts or spirits. Despite her six-year-old sister, Charlie, insisting a masked figure is hiding in her closet, and the rumors at school, Stephanie isn’t convinced her father’s latest renovation project–a crumbling Victorian mansion–houses the soul of a monster.
So, when the very charming (and paranormal-obsessed) Lucas Cheney takes an interest in both Stephanie and her notorious home, the supernatural and romantic activity escalates to an all-time high. And that doesn’t even take into account the dashing, British-accented eighteen-year-old boy, Erik, who’s taken up residence in Stephanie’s nightly dreams. A boy who may have something to do with the man in the mask, and the strange occurrences taking place at Moldavia.
Book 3: Legendborn
This book takes the Arthurian legend and brings it to the modern day with great action and mystery.
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Book Name: Legendborn
Author Name: Tracy Deonn
Genre: Fantasy
Release Date: September 15, 2020
Book Number: 1 of ???
Number of Pages: 501 pages
Book Description:
After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until Bree witnesses a magical attack on her very first night on campus.
A flying demon feeding on human energies.
A secret society of so-called “Legendborn” students that hunt the creatures down.
And a mysterious teenage mage who calls himself a “Merlin” and who attempts—and fails—to wipe Bree’s memory of everything she saw.
The mage’s failure unlocks Bree’s own unique magic and a buried memory with a hidden connection: the night her mother died, another Merlin was at the hospital. Now that Bree knows there’s more to her mother’s death than what’s on the police report, she’ll do whatever it takes to find out the truth, even if that means infiltrating the Legendborn as one of their initiates.
She recruits Nick, a self-exiled Legendborn with his own grudge against the group, and their reluctant partnership pulls them deeper into the society’s secrets—and closer to each other. But when the Legendborn reveals themselves as the descendants of King Arthur’s knights and explains that a magical war is coming, Bree has to decide how far she’ll go for the truth and whether she should use her magic to take the society down—or join the fight.
Book 4: One for All
Ever wanted to read a gender-bent version of the Three Musketeers? What about one with a main character with a disability? Then One for All is for you!
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Book Name: One for All
Author Name: Lillie Lainoff
Genre: Historical Fiction
Release Date: March 8, 2022
Book Number: Standalone
Number of Pages: 389 pages
Book Description:
Tania de Batz is most herself with a sword in her hand. Everyone in town thinks her near-constant dizziness makes her weak, nothing but “a sick girl”; even her mother is desperate to marry her off for security. But Tania wants to be strong, independent, a fencer like her father—a former Musketeer and her greatest champion.
Then Papa is brutally, mysteriously murdered. His dying wish? For Tania to finish school. But L’Académie des Mariées, Tania realizes, is no finishing school. It’s a secret training ground for a new kind of Musketeer: women who are socialites on the surface, but strap daggers under their skirts, seduce men into giving up dangerous secrets, and protect France from downfall. And they don’t shy away from a swordfight.
With her newfound sisters at her side, Tania feels for the first time like she has a purpose like she belongs. But then she meets Étienne, her first target in uncovering a potential assassination plot. He’s kind, charming, and breathlessly attractive—and he might have information about what really happened to her father. Torn between duty and dizzying emotion, Tania will have to lean on her friends, listen to her own body, and decide where her loyalties lie…or risk losing everything she’s ever wanted.
This debut novel is a fierce, whirlwind adventure about the depth of found family, the strength that goes beyond the body, and the determination it takes to fight for what you love.
Book 5: So Many Beginnings
Finally, a twist on the classic Little Women from a new book series known as Classic Remix!
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Book Name: So Many Beginnings
Author Name: Bethany C. Morrow
Genre: Historical Fiction
Release Date: September 7, 2021
Book Number: 2 of 8
Number of Pages: 304 pages
Book Description:
North Carolina, 1863. As the American Civil War rages on, the Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island is blossoming, a haven for the recently emancipated. Black people have begun building a community of their own, a refuge from the shadow of the old life. It is where the March family has finally been able to safely put down roots with four young daughters:
Meg, a teacher who longs to find love and start a family of her own.
Jo, a writer whose words are too powerful to be contained.
Beth, a talented seamstress searching for a higher purpose.
Amy, a dancer eager to explore life outside her family's home.
As the four March sisters come into their own as independent young women, they will face first love, health struggles, heartbreak, and new horizons. But they will face it all together.
A Conclusion
Have you read any of these books? Do any of these books sound interesting? Which will you be picking up? Let me know in the comments below!
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