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When the Past Helps You Solve Your Present Problems

Raising the Horseman by Serena Valentino

November 20, 2022 by The Chancellor Leave a Comment

Raising the Horseman by Serena Valentino My rating: 3 of 5 stars A cross between a retelling and a sequel of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving, “Raising the Horseman” seems to not know what it wants to be. On one hand we have the standard story of Sleepy Hollow as told to us through the OG Katrina Van Tassel and her diaries which flesh out the plot and the characters. But then we also have the modern day Kat Van Tassel and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Headless Horseman, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Raising the Horseman, serena valentino

The Chancellor's CBR14 Review No:23 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Headless Horseman, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Raising the Horseman, serena valentino ·
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Poor unfortunate retelling

August 26, 2017 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

Continuing the theme of “things that disappoint” … What was this hot mess? ♫ I admit that in the past I’ve been a nasty They weren’t kidding when they called me, well, a witch ♫ I am all about retellings but this was pretty weak. Ursula is ripe for the picking when it comes to delving into the psyche of a secondary character! She’s a fabulous drag queen octopus! How do you screw that up? How is she still a secondary character in her own story! Not […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: poor unfortunate souls, serena valentino, walt disney

Caitlin_D's CBR9 Review No:89 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: poor unfortunate souls, serena valentino, walt disney ·
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