4.5/5 stars!

To be honest, I sort of expected to be let down by this book...

But I wasn't. I loved it. I enjoyed practically every story in here.

So this book is split into 2 sections: The Tales Retold and The Original Tales. The order of the retelling and its respective inspiration are both in order, so it's fairy easy to find the story you're looking for. What I did for this was use colored page flags and mark each of the pairs together. I would read the original story (or poem) first, then I'd flip over to the retelling. I found this to be the most productive way to read this book, and it honestly lets you see the differences and similarities between the pair! I didn't feel disappointed in any of the 13 stories, although there were a few times where I questioned a certain characteristic or phrase. Some stories also read a bit slower than I would have liked, but they all had a great pay-off. I believe that all of those involved did the original works justice. As a horror fan, I can definitely appreciate what each of the authors brought to the table. They all did a magnificent job of holding true to the original source material while putting their own spin into it.

ARC provided to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

This anthology had some amazing retellings in it and some I didn’t really care for but overall I really enjoyed it. I loved the creativity that was put into each of the stories to not only stay true to the original story but be able to hold its own. Some of my absolutely favorites were the stories by Caleb Roehrig, Marieke Nijkamp, Fran Wilde and Rin Chupeco.

Dahlia Adler did an excellent job in putting these stories together and I look forward to reading more from all these authors in the future! I also LOVE that they included Edgar Allen Poe’s original stories in here as well. Such a great touch! I enjoyed reading the new story and then going and reading the original work that inspired it.

What a wonderful collection of Poe adaptations! I love that the original stories are also included with the new ones. Lovers of EAP will thoroughly enjoy these re-tellings!

I remember when I first got introduced to Poe's work, how much I absolutely loved everything I could get my hands on. They were all fantastic and just dark and I loved every single minute of them. When I heard about this book of short stories, I knew I had to get my hands on it. I loved the idea of authors creating their own spins to the classics and then having the classics in this book as well to introduce new readers to Poe's work.

I'm going to have to admit that 'She Rode a Horse of Fire' by Kendare Blake and 'Red' by Hillary Monahan were probably my favorites of this series. I wanted full length novels from these two. Usually when I read a book of short stories, I always find myself wanting more from mostly all of them. This didn't happen as much and I think that authors really knew how to get everything across in such a short amount of words.

This was a great dark read, and the recreations certainly had their own twists to them that I really loved.

I really really liked His Hideous Heart. I thought it was fun to see other authors take on some of Poe's classic tales. I really think my teens are going to love it. I'm going to buy a couple copies! Thank you so much!

This is a fun compilation of reimagined Edgar Allan Poe stories penned by various contemporary YA authors.

As is standard in short story volumes employing multiple authors, some of the stories are better than others, in some cases likely based on the author who wrote a particular reimagining, in other cases based on how well the original story lends itself to a retelling.

Among the standouts:
She Rode A Horse of Fire (Metzengerstein)
A Drop of Stole Ink (The Purloined Letter)
Happy Days, Sweetheart (The Tell-Tale Heart)
The Oval Filter (The Oval Portrait)

And my personal favorite:
The Glittering Death (The Pit and the Pendulum)

Also helpful: The original Poe tale that corresponds to each of the reimaginings is included in the book for reference or in case there’s an original the reader is not familiar with.

An intriguing, but unfortunately uneven, collection of short stories inspired by Poe by some of today's most celebrated YA voices. amanda lovelace's The Raven and Rin Chupeco's The Murders in the Rue Morgue are particular highlights. Worth a read for those alone, but others are surprisingly lackluster given the source material.

I really liked this. I'm not a huge Edgar Allen Poe fan, but I found a lot of the retelling enjoyable! This a great anthology, especially just in time for Halloween.