White Rose of Avalon

Fantasy

  • We Need to Talk About ‘Together’ (2025) ~Full Spoilers Film Review~

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I just have to give a full spoiler review of the brand new horror film Together!   I saw this film with my husband on Friday, and we both had very visceral reactions to it in the best way.   Together…

  • ‘Greenteeth’ Book Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I am sharing my review of the novel Greenteeth by Molly O’Neill.   This is a new fantasy novel, just published earlier this year, and even better, this is a debut novel!   I am a huge fan of finding new authors…

  • ‘The Last Unicorn’ & Healing the Inner Maiden

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.    Today’s blog post is about the film and novel, The Last Unicorn, and how the story can be viewed as potent healing for the Inner Child and Maiden.    I will also be focusing on the connection between this story and other Faery stories!   …

  • Movies to Watch When You Want to Feel Like a Forest Faery

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.    Today’s blog post is another list of film recommendations to make you feel a certain vibe.   In this case, I will be giving you a list of movies to watch when you want to feel like you are a Forest Faery!   Without further…

  • Luthien: The Middle-Earth Enchantment of Tinuviel

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s Femme Fatale Friday post is about Luthien from the works of J.R.R. Tolkien!   Now, Luthien is not a character found in the novels of The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings.   However, legendary folk songs are sung of her in The…

  • Movies to Watch When You Want to Feel Like Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is another movie recommendation post based on how you want to feel.   For today’s list, I am focusing on films that make you feel like you are Alice Through the Looking Glass, and that means surrealist fantasies abound here!   This list…

  • A Review of ‘Beren and Luthien’ by J.R.R. Tolkien

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is a review of Beren and Luthien by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien.   I was so delighted to dig into this book as my next outing into the world of Middle-Earth.   Given that it is probably the most iconic love…

  • Movie Suggestions for When You Want to Feel Like a Swan Maiden

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is another list of film recommendations to evoke a certain feeling, this time I am focusing on films that make you feel like a Swan Maiden!   I have broken this list of seven films into two sections, those inspired by Swan Lake…

  • Margaery Tyrell, Rose Queen of Westeros

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday post is about one of my favorite Game of Thrones characters, Margaery Tyrell!   I knew she would be a favorite before even reading the books or watching the series because I knew she was played by the incredible Natalie…

  • The Heroine of ‘Nosferatu’: Centering the Lucy Character?

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For his first Femme Fatale Friday of the New Year, I just had to write about the leading lady of all the Nosferatu films.   While I kept my post on Saturday about the three films spoiler-free for the new one, this post will not…