This book can be pretty well divided into 2 parts - the first 50 chapters are short stories and original fairy tales, with some reoccurring characters. The second half still has a few stand alone stories, but the majority focus on those reoccurring characters and places, wrapping up a much larger story. I preferred the first half to the second, but altogether this was a lovely book I'll pick up again.

Minor spoiler/complaint- There's 2 short stories that feature girls wearing veils or headscarves of some kind. Both of those stories focus on the girls being oppressed by their families. It doesn't sit right with me to use this trope twice, especially considering that many modern veiled woman have been trying to share their veiling stories as a matter of choice and empowerment.