Thornhedge

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Hardcover, 128 pages

Published Aug. 15, 2023 by Titan Books.

ISBN:
978-1-80336-423-0
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5 stars (2 reviews)

There’s a princess trapped in a tower. This isn’t her story.

Meet Toadling. On the day of her birth, she was stolen from her family by the fairies, but she grew up safe and loved in the warm waters of faerieland. Once an adult though, the fae ask a favor of Toadling: return to the human world and offer a blessing of protection to a newborn child. Simple, right?

If only.

Centuries later, a knight approaches a towering wall of brambles, where the thorns are as thick as your arm and as sharp as swords. He’s heard there’s a curse here that needs breaking, but it’s a curse Toadling will do anything to uphold…

3 editions

reviewed Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

sweet!!

4 stars

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.

reviewed Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

Ein schönes Märchen aus einer leicht anderen Perspektive

5 stars

Toadling ist unsere Protagonistin, scheinbar eine Fee, die nahe eines Turms lebt und in Angst lebt, dass jemand den Turm entdecken und die "Jungfrau in Nöten" retten will.

Das Buch erzählt rasch und auf wenigen Seiten die Hintergründe von Toadling, eines Königreiches, was hier einst stand und eine herzerwärmende Geschichte, um "den Ritter", der einen Fluch lösen möchte.

Kurzweilig, spannend, schön geschrieben und teilweise echt lustig.