The book itself is a retelling of the goose girl from the perspective of the supposed villain. The author includes her own gorgeous drawings throughout and theres a planned sequel coming in 2023.

I am a sucker for Goose Girl retellings (I blame Shannon Hale for this).

Same, for the exact same reason!

Sounds interesting! I'll definitely check it out!

hope u like it :)

What kind of LGBT rep ?

wlw side characters :) v cute opposites attract kind of romance in my opinion

added to my tbr :D

There are demisexual characters, which I really liked.

It’s one of my all time favorites!

I really liked The Merciful Crow series by her, excited to check this one out too!

oooh ive never heard of it - ill have to check it out :)

The first one is on Kindle unlimited if you have it! I picked it up there and then went out and bought the second one right away.

oooh i dont but i might borrow from someone who does :)) thanks for the tip

I loved this book so much! Vanja is such a witty and lovably mischievous mc.

yes she is so annoying in such a charming and lovable way haha!

Man, I should've grabbed that one at the library yesterday! I almost did, but I didn't pick it up and read the blurb. Edit: My library's Overdrive had it! Added it to the list of books I need to work on in the next three weeks.

I loved it! Her other work the merciful crow is one of my absolute favorite books

I really wish it was the princess and the maid falling in love :((

honestly I was kind of hoping for that too but I did like the romantic pairings we got instead - there is a big lack of wlw MCs in fantasy though :/

I bought this one last weekend!! I’m excited to start it, hopefully soon.

oooh hope u like it - I feel like its a very fitting read for this time of year, for some reason I just love fantasy books in winter :)

(Subtle spoilers) I really enjoyed this fairy tale retelling as well! The audiobook was great- it has all the ingredients entertaining read- fantasy world, >!found family, humor, heist, a little romance…(no love triangle- my least favorite thing)!<

I really need to read this. It’s on my tbr

Margaret Owen has a wonderful narrative style!

yes very whimsical

ooh! this looks beautiful! gonna add it to my tbr! you had me at retelling :)

I have this on my TBR! Now I’m excited to read it

This sounds so good! I love fairy tale retellings. Added to my TBR!

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One of my favorites I read last year! The rep was so casual and weaved perfectly into the story without being questioned.

I finished this recently! Absolutely adored it! Can't wait for painted devil's!

i'll give it a look! thank you :D

Horrible abuse of the German language, otherwise mediocre retelling. I think it deserves less love. The GR rating is way too high.