This is a great collection of magical, gothic and more ordinary tales. The reason I don’t give it 5 stars is that some of the stories are not that interesting as the others are. However for the most part the tales in this collection of all her tales are really great and engaging. I particularly loved the bloody chamber and other stories section (where she rewrites traditional fairy tales in her own original way) but there are also other great original tales such as Lizzie’s tiger, Peter and the wolf, The scarlet house, and the snow pavilion.