Untaming Girlhoods Storytelling Female Adolescence

'Santos gives a thorough accounting of female-identifying adolescence in culturally-situated accounts that include both biology and psychology. . . . [Chapter 6] is perhaps the strongest chapter of an already stellar book because of the way it ties together all the previously discussed theoretical apparati in relation to one extended text: the Netflix television series The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018-2021). . . . Most significant to my mind is the importance of the new coinage "untaming". This term proves to be extraordinarily useful in helping to demonstrate how texts can aid girls to reject ideological indoctrination and social positioning.

. . . Throughout her work, Santos makes a compelling case that modern retellings of fairy tales and young adult fiction serve similar purposes for their readers. . . . [It pushes] the boundaries of feminism in important directions that acknowledge intersectionality and materiality.'

- Roberta Seelinger Trites, International Journal of Young Adult Literature