Five Fantasy Books Make Familiar Fairy Tales Much Darker

The article is about fantasy books that make fairy tales much darker.

It says old fairy tales were not always gentle or harmless.

Some included children being abandoned.

Others featured dangerous strangers or cruel husbands.

Magical bargains could also lead to terrible consequences.

Modern writers are returning to these unsettling parts of fairy tales.

They are not only trying to scare readers.

They are also asking what stories mean when their simple lessons no longer protect people.

The passage introduces five books, but the supplied text does not name them individually.