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Something about me is that I will always love princess books and that will never change. My favorite things to read are fairytales written by self published authors so I stalk Amazon’s list of new releases in the fairytale and folklore category so that I never miss a new fairytale release or an upcoming fairytale series. That’s how I found out about Tested and instantly added it to my tbr list for 2024 because, yay, a new fairytale author and series!

This first installment of this new fairytale series did not disappoint. The world building was fantastic, the writing was incredibly skilled, and the book was actually hilarious. I loved meeting some of the princesses of Tir and learning about their world, and I can’t wait to learn more about their kingdoms. As with every fairytale series, I hope for and look for hints that there will be a Snow White retelling somewhere in the series (my favorite princess, character, fairytale, self proclaimed alter ego) but even if there isn’t, I’ll be reading every installment in this series.

I love how there is a sizable community of self published fairytale retelling authors out there and that there is no shortage of indie authors writing in this genre, because I feel like fairytales are generally underrated and is such a niche interest. But it gives me so much hope to see that not only are there so many indie fairytale authors, many of them have achieved HIGH levels of popularity and their retellings have seen massive amounts of success! I’ve always felt that fairytales are such a niche interest so seeing fairytale retelling become popular gives me so much hope and joy, as well as seeing so many fairytale authors writing in this genre. And of course, new authors like Sarah coming in and joining the fairytale bandwagon! I love how there are so many fairytale authors out there now that I never feel deprived of books in this genre because with my sizable rotation of fairytale authors and their series, it feels like new books come out every month. And finding new fairytale series like this one is so exciting to me!

A fantastic new series to add to my repertoire of fairytale series to keep up with. Can’t wait for future books and fingers crossed for at least a novella about Snow White? 👸🏻