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Kingfisher (The Twisted Ones) imagines the horrors lying between worlds in this chilling supernatural thriller. Recently divorced Kara (aka Carrot) moves in with her uncle Earl to help run Continue reading » T. Kingfisher did it again! I love all of her books, but her fairy tale novellas are my favorites. I really, really hope she continues to write them. Thornhedge may be my favorite thus far, though. I absolutely love Kingfisher's writing style, and I think it lends itself well to fairy-tale style writing. As soon as you start reading, you feel like you've been dropped into the world. Somewhere deep inside me there’s a feral child who loves stories about other feral children who, despite everything, are raised with the love of the wild creatures around them. I’m not sure where this inner child came from, but this book made them very, very happy. The publisher provided me with an ARC of this novella in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

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I think one of the most intriguing parts of the story was seeing the juxtaposition between the Princess and Toadling. Toadling was raised in a safe, loving world knowing that she would always be accepted whereas the Princess was raised with those around her fearing her for her horrifying outbursts. I also really enjoyed the love story between the Muslim knight and Toadling. They both admitted that neither are conventionally attractive, but are "interesting" and it just made my heart so happy to see that in a book. Kingfisher’s trademark wit and compassion transforms “Sleeping Beauty” into a moving meditation on guilt, grief, and duty, as well as a surprisingly sweet romance between outsiders. There are no false notes here.”—Publishers Weekly, STARRED review If I could meet the greenteeths and not be eaten by them, I think I would. The sense of family Toadling got from them was like a warm hug to me. Haunting and unusual—a unique retelling of a classic tale!" —Tamora Pierce, New York Times bestselling author of the Tortall seriesThe way Thornhedge turns all the fairy tales inside out is a sharp-edged delight." —Katherine Addison, author of The Goblin Emperor This is a fast and engaging addition to the Sleeping Beauty cycle, and it comes not only with existential questions about also some moral questions and contemplations about the importance of family and a sense of place. Added props for a version that - unlike nearly all of its companions - does not require an assault-based trigger warning. That's refreshing on its own.

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One of the few kind gifts given to and by the Fair Folk is the ability to speak any of the languages of the earth. The fairy could understand what they were saying, but while the words were familiar, the rest was not. She did not recognize the names of the cities they spoke of, nor the kings nor caliphs, and the details of taxation and trade law were beyond her.) The fairy was filled with dread when she heard the ringing of nearby axes. She crouched in the brambles, toad-shaped, motionless, thinking, What will I do if they come nearer?Toadling is a toad-shaped heroine, not our usual beautiful princess. She was stolen by faeries from her family when she was born, but she was raised safe & loved. They just asked on favor of her – to return to the human world and offer a blessing of protection on a newborn child. Well, that doesn’t go off without a hitch! Centuries later, a knight discovers thornhedge and decides he needs to break the curse, but Toadling isn’t about to let that happen. She added the last worriedly, not sure if that made it a prayer or if she was supposed to be doing something else. The royal family’s priest had been reasonably accepting of her presence, but that tolerance had not extended to teaching her how to make a prayer correctly.