2024/084: Thornhedge — T Kingfisher

2024/084: Thornhedge — T Kingfisher

I am very ugly and she will be beautiful and there is no reason that you should believe the fairy instead of the girl. The stories go the other way. [p. 84]

Toadling has been guarding the tower, and the thorn wall around it, for more years than she can remember. The world around the tower has changed beyond recognition. Surely by now people have stopped telling stories about 'a princess in a tower and a hedge of thorns to keep the princes out'?( Read more... )