paperback
Published by Hot Key Books.
Phenomenal and powerful book about loyalty to found family, the difference between justice and punishment, and knowing when to break one's silence.
2.5 stars
Idk, nothing about this really worked for me except for the main character, who I did like very much.
3,5
It is a retelling of "The Goose Girl", that I knew almost nothing of, this one shot YA fantasy was easy to read and I liked the characters, the main girl especially. Subjectively, it was missing something for me but objectively it was good enough^^
This was recommended in an article about genre fiction by Muslim women authors, but the book has little overt religious content, other than a short and pithy sermon preached by a horse. The underlying fairy-tale - the Goose Girl - is followed quite closely, and the setting is a somewhat generic fairy-tale kingdom. Khanani writes well, and the novel is a pleasure to read. The princess has more gumption than the original, as one would expect of updated tales.
