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 favour 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...
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In the early days, the wall of thorns had been distressingly obvious.- CHAPTER 1
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(@TitanBooks, 15 August 2023, e-galley, 129 pages, copy from the publisher via @NetGalley)
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I'm a fan of the author and was looking forward to reading her take on Sleeping Beauty. I liked Thornhedge a lot. It's a fun, hugely entertaining read. I wanted the book to be much longer though as I was enjoying myself so much. This has everything you'd expect from a fairytale: madness, mayhem, magic, enchantment, and sinister curses. I had a lot of fun reading this.