Thornhedge

This was a really sweet fairytale-y tale. Pretty short, felt like the relationship to its inspirations was different enough to not feel like a ‚retelling‘ to me, nice descriptive prose, two very clear delightful characters. The twists are for the most part pretty guessable ahead of when they‘re revealed, but the writing and emotional story were nice enough for me to not really mind. I would have read more of this, but it makes sense for it to end when it did! I think the main character will stick around in my head for a while.

by far not worth your time. very predictable romance, nothing witty or funny about it. worst book by t. kingfisher I've come across so far.

Vibes of "A slow regard for silent things" by Patrick Rothfuss. A lovely story, a lovely world, for lovely people.

T. Kingfisher has been writing some great stuff lately!

#bookwyrm

I adore the genre of twisted fairy tales, and this absolutely delivered.

This fun fairy tale novella is a reversed sleeping beauty situation. The hapless toad fairy and awkward knight are good-natured and trying to do their best, while the sleeping beauty is the dangerous one.

This has all the things I like out of T. Kingfisher's similar works: interesting characters and a fresh take on an old tale.

4.5 stars.

Probably the best novella I have ever read. Innovative take on a fairy tale with an original main character. The writing was very well thought, but I had difficulty with the flashback time changing. A clear explanation (i.e. past or present) would have done the job.