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Thornhedge
by T. Kingfisher
I love T. Kingfisher and this quirky, sad, delightful, very full short story just gives me another look into this author's brilliant mind.
As you may know, Kingfisher writes horror and fantasy(particularly fairytale-ish fantasy). This is a sleeping beauty retelling that basically flips the Disney version many of us grew up with on its head. A fairy godmother unlike any I've seen before and a princess who is not so sugar sweet.
The main character, a swampy toadish foundling, is protecting a tower surrounded by knife like thorns and brambles. But is she keeping people out? Or keeping something in? When she meets a knight who is charming and quite apologetic for his idiosyncrasies, she realizes how much the world has changed and possibly not all for the worse.
I can't recommend this enough!!!
Out August 15, 2023!
Thank you, Netgalley and Publisher, for this Arc!
As you may know, Kingfisher writes horror and fantasy(particularly fairytale-ish fantasy). This is a sleeping beauty retelling that basically flips the Disney version many of us grew up with on its head. A fairy godmother unlike any I've seen before and a princess who is not so sugar sweet.
The main character, a swampy toadish foundling, is protecting a tower surrounded by knife like thorns and brambles. But is she keeping people out? Or keeping something in? When she meets a knight who is charming and quite apologetic for his idiosyncrasies, she realizes how much the world has changed and possibly not all for the worse.
I can't recommend this enough!!!
Out August 15, 2023!
Thank you, Netgalley and Publisher, for this Arc!