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Most Anticipated 2021 Retellings

As regular readers will know, I'm a huge fan of retellings, and I've recently discovered a few coming out this year that I'm super excited about.

I know, I know; it's April, and we're over a quarter of the way into the year, so I'm quite late in writing this post. But hopefully there'll be a few titles to add to your TBR here, so you'll forgive my lateness. On with the list!

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Legendary Beings: Spectacular Water Spirits

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Legendary Beings is a series in which I'll talk about beings from folklore, mythology and legends that I haven't read about yet, and the books I discover that feature them.

This time, I'm looking at specific stories of water spirits/nymphs or similar. Regular readers will know I'm a huge fan of The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen, and all of the following creatures/characters I discovered through reading Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid: From Fairy-tale to National Monument by Christopher Bo Bramsen, which I bought when in Copenhagen, Denmark last year. They are all so fascinating, and I loved reading the little we're told about them in the book, but would absolutely love to read retellings of these these legends/folktales/stories.

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Legendary Beings: Well-Known Witches

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Last month, Alyssa Wees, debut YA author of The Waking Forest, guest posted on Tale Out Loud about her favourite fictional witches. It's a really great post, I highly recommend reading it! It got me thinking about my own favourite witches in fiction, and then witches in folklore that I haven't read about yet. Which then got me thinking about all the specific fantastical beings I've not read about. And so I came up with Legendary Beings, a series in which I'll talk about beings from folklore, mythology and legends that I haven't read about yet, and the books I discover that feature them.

First up, the witches! Here are five witches from folklore and legend that I've not yet read about, and some books that feature them!

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