What if the princess was actually a changeling, dark and cruel by nature?
What if her toad-like fairy godmother put her to sleep in order to protect the world?
What if the princes and the knights didn’t realize the hedge of brambles and thorns to keep them out was for their own good?
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This reimagining of Sleeping Beauty contains dark things, because fairy tale, but it’s also bursting with charm and heart. You’ll feel for Toadling and Halim, and root for them to defeat the princess in the tower.
“It should have mattered. All that love and all that trying should have changed…something.”
My mind wasn’t blown with how much I loved this like it usually is when I read T. Kingfisher novellas, but it was a pleasing tale nonetheless. Bonus points for Muslim representation.
Jessica Crawford 