Tender Morsals by Margo Lanagan

This is one of the many versions of modernized fairy tales that you can find out there, however this one is different from most of the others because of the darkness in it. It is a more Brother's Grimm version of a fairy tale than other cliche princess stories.

After Liga's father -who has impregnated her twice (although the first one was aborted through dark magic)- dies, Liga is raped by a group of five village boys, and soon flees the life she's always known to try and commit suicide. However, some greater power grants her a personal heaven, in which to raise her two year old and the child she is carrying from one of the village boys.
This novel follows the lives of her and her children in their heaven, as well as the town they left from. It shows how even a perfect heaven can become corrupt, and how a dream made when one was 15 has to change and mature as the person who designed it grows older.

I absolutely loved it, and all the darkness and questioning of morals is brilliant. As well, even though there was so much mention of rape and abuse, the writing style makes it all seem like not a big deal. It has the idea that, yes, these things happened, but there are lots of other things to focus on, so these issues are not at the forefront of the novel after completion.
I really enjoyed it, and plan on reading more by Margo Lanagan!