The Woodcutter [Kindle Edition]

Kate Danley (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A must read for both the lover of fantasy & mystery. It will engage the reader in a delightful journey down memory lane with recollections of fairy tales from days gone by while embracing a modern twist." -Marissa Libbit for Reader Views

"Five Stars - Kate Danley uses vivid imagery to draw her audience in. I found her style enchanting and captivating." -Todd Rutherford, The Publishing Guru

"Kate Danley skillfully weaves her story around well-known fairy tales...through her adept writing, she conveys fantasy and mystery, making this book a definite page-turner." -Irene Watson, Managing Editor of Reader Views 

Product Description

Garcia Award Best Fiction Book of the Year

1st Place Fantasy - Reader Views Reviewers Choice Awards

Winner - Sci-fi/Fantasy Category Indie Book Awards

Cinderella is dead and one of Odin's hellhounds has gone rogue. The Woodcutter, protector of peace between Man and Fae, is charged with finding the beast and returning him to the Wild Hunt. 

Unfortunately, the forces of evil have other plans. 

Leaving the comforts of his quiet home, he finds a pixie dust trade raging out of control and a power hungry Queen who will stop at nothing to take over the world.   The lives of Snow White, Rapunzel, and Little Red Riding Hood are at stake in this dark fairytale.  It is a race against time as the Woodcutter travels east of the sun and west of the moon, up beanstalks and down to the bowels of the earth to unravel a mystery that can only be described as Grimm. 

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 524 KB
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0046LU7MA
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,693 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #9 in Books > Literature & Fiction > World Literature > Mythology
  • #12 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Fiction > Fantasy > Historical
  • #15 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Historical

More About the Author

Kate Danley, author of The Woodcutter and Maggie for Hire, is a twenty year veteran of stage and screen with a B.S. in theatre from Towson University. She was one of four students to be named a Maryland Distinguished Scholar in the Arts in the annual competition.

Her debut novel, The Woodcutter, was honored with the Garcia Award for the Best Fiction Book of the Year, the 1st Place Fantasy Book in the Reader Views Literary Awards, and the winner of the Sci-Fi/Fantasy category in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards.

Her plays have been produced in New York, Los Angeles, and the Washington, DC/Baltimore area. Her screenplay Fairy Blood won 1st Place in the Breckenridge Festival of Film Screenwriting Competition in the Action/Adventure Category and her screenplay American Privateer was a 2nd Round Choice in the Carl Sautter Memorial Screenwriting Competition.

Her projects The Playhouse, Dog Days, Sock Zombie, SuperPout, and Sports Scents can be seen in festivals and on the internet. She trained in on-camera puppetry with Mr. Snuffleupagus and recently played the head of a 20-foot dinosaur on an NBC pilot.

She lost on Hollywood Squares.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Creative and Unique, October 11, 2010

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T. Hernandez "Miss Bliss" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Woodcutter (Kindle Edition)

Kate Danley's The Woodcutter is a creative and unique take on the world of fairy tales. You will recognize most of the characters in this book but perhaps not quite in the settings or situations you might expect. I found the story to be captivating and the imagery to be quite powerful. An enjoyable read from a new writing talent.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Childhood fairy tales come together..., January 12, 2011

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Valerie Erickson "vallygally" (Utah) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Woodcutter (Paperback)

Unpredictable tale with familiar stories and characters. A Dark twist to the original Grimm Fairy Tales. I loved it! My only complaint is there is no sequel or no other books by this author yet! I really enjoyed her writing and felt like a little girl again entering into the fantasy world of my favorite characters.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun detective story with a fairy tale twist!, November 9, 2010

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Mia (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Woodcutter (Paperback)

I really enjoyed this twist on some of the fable characters that we all know, courtesy of the Grimms, which plays out like a noir crime/detective novel. It's not cheeky or campy, like Jasper Fford, but a very well paced whodunnit that just happens to involve characters from the common cannon of folklore.

The pacing was fantastic and it kept me awake late at night wanting to read more and more ("just one more chapter!").