Six Crimson Cranes

"When a princess discovers she can do forbidden magic, her evil stepmother curses her and turns her brothers into cranes. “The Six Swans” has long been one of my favourite Grimm fairy tales, and Elizabeth Lim’s reimagining of it does not disappoint. It takes all the tropes – the princess in disguise as a kitchen wench, the enchanted brothers, the kindly prince – and twists them just enough to make them fresh, rendering this retelling more nuanced and compassionate than the original tale."