#21: T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge
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kareila_books"I'm not exactly a fair maiden to be saved by a questing knight," she said. "It's not as if I'm beautiful."
"No," said Halim. "I know I should say that you are, because that would be chivalrous. But I'm not handsome, either, and I'm not rich, and men don't feel the slightest urge to follow me into battle... so I've failed on most counts as a knight. It would be nice to do something and not fail at it. And you're... um." He shrugged. "Interesting. And sad."
Toadling had been sad for a long time, but she was not used to being interesting.
This was a somewhat creepy but ultimately delightful fairy tale... okay, I'm just copying this from my review of Nettle & Bone, because it's cut from very much the same cloth. I didn't enjoy this one quite as much because it was shorter and didn't have as much action and dialogue, but it's still very good, and subverts expectations nicely.
Content warnings: monsters in human form, humans in monstrous form, mild violence, suicide. The dog made it out alive before the curse took hold.
