It wants you to know / it remembers you.” Readers are graced with a dedication that speaks to the heart of the child in everyone that could be found imagining what it would be like to be inside the fairytales they love so much. Gill starts “Fierce Fairytales” with a dedication to you “who has never forgotten / the magic. In an interview with Marie Clare, Gill explained the most important message of the entire project, her third book: “Question everything-question the stories you’re told, question the things you are reading.” Nikita Gill’s “Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul” is a wondrously crafted collection of poetry and prose, accompanied by hand-drawn illustrations from the author herself, that places the magical tales of history within the context of modern-day society. Take every single fairytale archetype you and everyone else in the world has grown up knowing and fling them out the metaphorical door.
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