Zoom sur... Les réécritures de contes qui me font de l'oeil - 02

En août et septembre 2016, je vous parlais des réécritures, en version originale et en version française, qui me tentaient le plus. En pratiquement un an, d'autres ont attiré mon attention. Voilà donc une récap' de celles qui me semblent les plus intéressantes ! Et, je cite (enfin) la saga de Sarah J. Maas, qui m'a été chaudement recommandée depuis des lustres.

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♦ Umberland (Everland #2) by Wendy Spinale

Peter Pan & Alice au pays des merveilles & Alice de l'autre côté du miroir

Risque de spoiler si vous n'avez pas lu le premier tome !

What began with a reimagining of Peter Pan and Wendy now twists into a stunning version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass! 

Gwen, Pete, and the others have escaped from Everland. But the safe haven they hoped to find at Alnwick Castle doesn't exist. With the Queen of England on her deathbed, Duchess Alyssa has stepped in to lead, but things have gotten worse as the cure Doc created for the Horologia virus has mutated, accelerating the disease. The only possible solution he can think of is to go back to the virus's origin: an extinct poisonous apple.

Legend has it a tree bearing the apple might be found at the center of a deadly labyrinth hidden deep within Germany. A place that no one in their right mind enters. Leaving Pete in charge of the survivors, Alyssa sets out with only her sword, her wits, and the help of Maddox Hadder, a wild boy who oversees the castle gardens. To get to the center of the maze, she'll be forced to battle monsters more terrifying than her darkest nightmares.

But can anyone truly survive the madness of the maze? And what if there's no apple to be found there?

Le premier tome, une réécriture de Peter Pan, en mode post-apocalyptique, m'a énormément plu.

Forcément, cette suite me fait de l’œil ! Surtout qu'un nouveau conte vient s'imbriquer là-dedans.

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♦ A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas - La Belle et la Bête

VO - When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin—one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world.

VF - En chassant dans les bois enneigés, Feyre voulait seulement nourrir sa famille. Mais elle a commis l'irréparable en tuant un Fae, et la voici emmenée de force à Prythian, royaume des immortels. Là-bas, pourtant, sa prison est un palais magnifique et son geôlier n'a rien d'un monstre. Tamlin, un Grand Seigneur Fae, la traite comme une princesse. Et quel est ce mal qui ronge le royaume et risque de s'étendre à celui des mortels ? A l'évidence, Feyre n'est pas une simple prisonnière. Mais comment une jeune humaine d'origine aussi modeste pourrait-elle venir en aide à de si puissants seigneurs ? Sa liberté, en tout cas, semble être à ce prix.

Les bons avis pleuvent sur cette saga, réécriture du conte de La Belle et la Bête... Je suis tentée !

Le premier tome est disponible en VF, aux éditions de la Martinière, sous le titre Un palais d'épines et de roses.

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♦ Spindle Fire by Lexa Hillyer - La Belle au bois dormant

A kingdom burns. A princess sleeps. This is no fairy tale.

It all started with the burning of the spindles.

No.

It all started with a curse…

Half sisters Isabelle and Aurora are polar opposites: Isabelle is the king’s headstrong illegitimate daughter, whose sight was tithed by faeries; Aurora, beautiful and sheltered, was tithed her sense of touch and her voice on the same day. Despite their differences, the sisters have always been extremely close. And then everything changes, with a single drop of Aurora’s blood—and a sleep so deep it cannot be broken.

As the faerie queen and her army of Vultures prepare to march, Isabelle must race to find a prince who can awaken her sister with the kiss of true love and seal their two kingdoms in an alliance against the queen.

Isabelle crosses land and sea; unearthly, thorny vines rise up the palace walls; and whispers of revolt travel in the ashes on the wind. The kingdom falls to ruin under layers of snow. Meanwhile, Aurora wakes up in a strange and enchanted world, where a mysterious hunter may be the secret to her escape…or the reason for her to stay.

Ok, je me laisse souvent guider par les premières de couvertures... Avouez qu'elle est superbe, non ?

Cette réécriture de la Belle au bois dormant a l'air top. Le deuxième tome, en VO, est prévu pour 2018.

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♦ The Summer of Chasing Mermaids by Sarah Ockler - La Petite Sirène

The youngest of six talented sisters, Elyse d'Abreau was destined for stardom - until a boating accident took everything from her. Now, the most beautiful singer in Tobago can't sing. She can't even speak.

Seeking quiet solitude, Elyse accepts a friend's invitation to Atargatis Cove. Named for the mythical first mermaid, the Oregon seaside town is everything Elyse's home in the Caribbean isn't: an ocean too cold for swimming, parties too tame for singing, and people too polite to pry - except for one. Christian Kane is a notorious playboy - insolent, arrogant, and completely charming. He's also the only person in Atargatis Cove who doesn't treat Elyse like a glass statue. He challenges her to express herself, and he admires the way she treats his younger brother, Sebastian, who believes Elyse is the legendary mermaid come to life.

When Christian needs a first mate for the Cove's high-stakes Pirate Regatta, Elyse reluctantly stows her fear of the sea and climbs aboard. The ocean isn't the only thing making waves, though - swept up in Christian's seductive tide and entranced by the Cove's charms, Elyse begins to wonder if a life of solitude isn't what she needs. But changing course again means facing her past. It means finding her inner voice. And scariest of all, it means opening her heart to a boy who's best known for breaking them...

Parce que je ne crois pas avoir lu une seule réécriture de la Petite Sirène jusqu'à présent...

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♦ Insanity by Cameron Jace - Alice au pays des merveilles

After accidentally killing everyone in her class, Alice Wonder is now a patient in the Radcliffe Lunatic Asylum. No one doubts her insanity. Only a hookah-smoking professor believes otherwise; that he can prove her sanity by decoding Lewis Carroll's paintings, photographs, and find Wonderland's real whereabouts. Professor Caterpillar persuades the asylum that Alice can save lives and catch the wonderland monsters now reincarnated in modern day criminals. In order to do so, Alice leads a double life: an Oxford university student by day, a mad girl in an asylum by night. The line between sanity and insanity thins when she meets Jack Diamond, an arrogant college student who believes that nonsense is an actual science.

Une saga qui comporte déjà sept tomes... Même pas peur !

D'ailleurs, c'est une qui me tente le plus.

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