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Tag: Fairy tale retellings

A Review of Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

Jan 29, 2025

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by

Alex Brown

in Book Appreciation Posts

If you’re curious about the answer to the question, “Why trap an enchanted, slumbering princess within a thorny, bramble-filled hedge?” Well, you might just have to pick up Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher and give it a read.
A Mother’s Love

Mar 4, 2024

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by

Alex Brown

in Short stories

“I wasn’t her mother. She told me that I would never be her mother. And yet I loved her like she was my own flesh and blood.” Read more in “A Mother’s Love,” a retelling of a classic fairy tale.