Top Five Wednesday. Spring Reads aka Retellings in Bloom

Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly meme run by Thoughts on Tomes and Gindger Reads Lainey.

Happy Wednesday! And, if you live in the same hemisphere that me, happy first day of spring! 🌻🌼🌷🌹 I'm joining Top 5 Wednesday for the first time. Lately, I've been in a spring mood (inspired by the season of love, last week I shared a discussion post on Swoony Romance Tropes) and this week's theme is all about spring reads. After some thinking, I decided to share with your five retellings coming out this spring that I'd sacrifice my bookshelf to the bookish gods to get my hands on them. Okay, let's not overreact. But some blood might be shed.

⇢ Sherwood by Meagan Spooner ⇠

"Robin of Lockley is dead."

I'm probably cheating since this book was released yesterday, which was still winter. But I'll only get Sherwood on spring, so I feel it's okay to mention it. Anyway, Meagan Spooner is one of my favourite writers. She writes beautiful and heart aching stories that will forever haunt me. I loved Hunted, a Beauty and the Beast retelling intertwined with Slavic folk-tales, so my expectations for this gender-flipping reimagining of Robin Hood are off the charts. I'm dying to read Spooner's take and see Marian taking front stage. Ps. Can we just appreciate the beautiful cover? 

 
⇢ Sky Without Stars by Jessica Brody & Joanne Rendell  ⇠

"A thief. An officer. A guardian. There strangers, one shared destiny..."

One of my bookish resolutions for 2019 is to read more sci-fi novels (so far, I've only read one). I could not believe my luck when I discovered this reimagining of Les Misérables set in space. It's true that I never read Les Misérables - and no matter how much I want to, one thousand pages is too daunting - but that doesn't take away my excitement at the thought of holding in my hands this tale of a futuristic revolution set in space.

⇢ The Raven's Tale by Cat Winters ⇠

"'Let them see me!'"

Lately, my interest on Gothic novels has been growing and The Raven's Tale seems a perfect pick. The story follows one of the masters of the Gothic genre, Edgar Allan Poe, who is on his teens, and features a creepy Muse, which by the description shares some similarities with Poe's dark ladies. I truly can't wait to plunge into this creepy/eerie world. 

⇢ The Tiger at Midnight by Swati Teerdhala ⇠

"It's only in the shadows that she moonlights as the Viper, the rebels' highly skilled assassin."

As I mentioned in my review of A Spark of White Fire, even though I know some tidy bits of Indian mythology, my knowledge of Indian folk-tales is non-existent (although, these days, I'm more familiar with the Mahabharata). Because of it, I can't wait to see how Teerdhala has incorporated the Hindu mythology in her tale and to learn a lot more about Indian culture. Moreover, kick-butt female characters always entice me. I need to meet Eisha (her description reminded me of Inej from Six of Crows, who is very dear to me).

⇢ Five Midnights by Ann Dávila Cardinal ⇠

"Five friends cursed. Five deadly fates. Five nights of retribución."

As soon as I discovered this book, I feel in love with it. I was terrified of requesting an e-ARC through NetGalley because I was sure my request would be denied. However, yesterday, the bookish Gods answered my prayers and I was approved to read this sinister tale based on el Cuco, a monster that steals and harms children. Five Midnights sounds like it will give me the heebie-jeebies, but who doesn't love a good horror story? I never read a book inspired by this folk monster (I came to know about it after watching an episode of Grimm) so I'm really curious about about it.

Which books do you plan on reading this spring? 
Any spring releases you can't wait to get your hands on?

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