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Thornhedge

"The love of monsters was uncomplicated.” Author: T. Kingfisher What if Sleeping Beauty was the villain? What if the fairy who arrived at her christening was trying to save both her and the kingdom from despair? Only T. Kingfisher can take a well-known fairy tale and flip it around, making the princess into the monster and bringing the magical world of the Green Teeth and fairy courts alive. And we’re here for every bit of it. The story opens with a lone fairy, Toadling, who mostly takes the form of a toad and watches a dense tangle of brambles that hide [...]

Sorceress Comes to Call, A

"This was like... fear at first sight." Author: T. Kingfisher Cordelia is lonely and scared. In her mother’s house, she is forbidden to close doors. Her only friend and confidant is her mother’s beautiful white horse (Falada). The object of Cordelia’s every waking moment is to do everything in her power to keep her mother appeased so that she will not be made “obedient” again. You see, Cordelia’s mother, Evangeline, is a powerful and cunning sorceress, immoral and violent. Evangeline will do anything to gain wealth and riches. She will sell her own daughter to an elderly suitor. She will bewitch [...]