Varislintu wrote:But then, that's pretty common in today's fantasy; few write in a truly fairy-tailish manner anymore . One exeption I recently came across was Dart-Thornton's The Ill-made Mute. It has a lot of fairy tale elements. But only that book was any good, the rest of the series was a real disappointment.
I just finished Neil Gaiman's Stardust, very nice book if you're looking for modern fairy-tales.