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The Red Shoes (Twisted Fairy Tales Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Jaden Wilkes (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
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In this short retelling of the classic fairy tale, The Red Shoes, we are brought into a world of drudgery and terrible magic, a world where a girl must make a choice and follow her heart or her dreams.

Katya was an unremarkable girl with dull hair and bad teeth and a personality that made her easy to forget. She survived a World War in one of the poorest nations in Eastern Europe, and she didn’t think her life could get any worse than it already was.

But she didn’t know what would happen when wishes come true.

And her wish was to be desirable to men.

But that’s the nature of the universe; it always takes things so literally.

And in case you didn’t realize whose novella you were reading…it’s going to end strangely for Katya.

Very strangely.

Included in this copy is a preview of Jaden's next release, Survival. The Red Shoes ends at about 80%.
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    103 pages
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    English
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  4. Publication date
    October 25, 2016
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01M4O8K7U
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 25, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4104 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 103 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 7 ratings

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Jaden Wilkes

Jaden Wilkes

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Author of dark romance, urban fantasy, and mind twisting thrillers. I write the ideas that keep me up at night.

When I'm not chained to my desk, I can be found on the beach or in the forest of the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia where I work out the details of my stories.

I am eternally grateful that so many people have chosen to believe in my imaginary friends.

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Tyi
4.0 out of 5 stars THE TWISTED FAIRYTALE OF RIGHT NOW
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2019
This was an interesting take of a fairytale. It was twisted. The happy wasn't fully there in the HEA. It was just a right now and expiration that might lead to blood and death. I love the story mainly do to the face that nothing was cookie cutter. The prince was really non existent, the girl wasn't beautiful (maybe pretty), and her life was really her own. Putting the magic of the Red Shoes to the side, the story was based in some form of reality. It wasn't about wishes and true love. It was real and what could be.
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Karen Peacock
5.0 out of 5 stars A grown-up fairytale
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2016
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What a great adult twist of a classic fairytale! It felt like one of those bedtime stories that start out all sweet and innocent, then morph into a twist beast of a story. I would love to see this in a whole book of short stories just like this one.
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agnese kohn
5.0 out of 5 stars Katya can i borrow the Red shoes sometimes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2016
Holly D@mn,that fairy tale of The Red Shoes aint your normal one so be sure to pay attention to the warning cause no cup of tea here actually you will need coffee/or some strong drink to go along with the book to keep you up to read it cause its author Jaden Wilkes writing so you have been warned..Oh and by the way i freaking loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!I want a pair of theses shoes,sometimes i really need to have them(LOL)The writing is so way good.the development also just as the characters,Katya,she is really something and you will need to discover what kind of characters she is and what she goes trough as the book but for that readers you need to get The Red Shoes and you will see what happen i can tell that the book will take you to a different type of fairy tale that you normally used to read,this one has pain/misery/a wishing dreaming different life,blood,power and i say no more cause now u suggest get it now and get drawn into it until you cant put it down until the finish word cause Red Shoes did it to me,i did not put pause for nothing and i kept on going until the end cause each page made me turned it to know the how,the what,....Well author Jaden Wilkes did not disappointed me and she brought a fairy tale to another site that i do do do LOVE better that the normal....OFF THE HOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!oh,of course i cant wait for more...I'm hooked with author Jaden Wilkes work so bring them/book more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Applause!!!!!!!!!!
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Michelle
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2016
The Red Shoes ~ A truly twisted, gruesome adult fairy tale that will make you squirm, shock you, and feeling all kinds of messed up.

In true Jaden Wilkes style this book will leave you not happy, not sad but one thing for sure is you will be so very happy with what life has dealt you.

***Please take note of the warning, some parts of this book are very brutal and maybe triggers for some***
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lesley
5.0 out of 5 stars Dark
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2016
This is Jaden's twist on a fairy tale. It's dark and twisted and not for the faint hearted,I couldn't expect anything less. Just remember for every action there is a reaction, not always the one you expect, this was shown perfectly in this novella. I'm hoping there are more 'fairy tales' to come. 5*
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