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Originally Posted by Woodlandnymph
One of my favorite authors did a few YA books and the first in one series is a retelling of the twelve dancing princess (with a few other fairytales mixed in) :
Wildwood Dancing
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Cybele's Secret (not a retelling, but amazing and the next book in the series)
by Juliet Marillier
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Wildwood Dancing was one of my favourite books as a teenager! I had no idea there was a sequel though.
Marillier also wrote Daughter of the forest which is a retelling of "The Six Swans", and that series has about six or seven books. It's called the Sevenwaters series.
Also, I just found out that Juliet Marillier lives in the same city as me and I think I'm gonna fall over from excitement.
OH. Content warning for the Sevenwaters books. If it's nasty and it happens it's in these books. Rape, self harm, suicide, mind control (I think? It's been a while), murder, torture... Amazing stories but not for the faint of heart or those who have triggers. Really graphic. I read them as a teenager, but I had quite a high reading age so maybe they aren't really YA?