by T. Kingfisher (aka Ursula Vernon)
Publisher: Red Wombat Tea Company
Format: ebook
Published: November 11, 2014
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Print Length: 183 pages
Genre: Fiction - Fairy Tale/Horror
Source: purchased
From the T Kingfisher website:
Rhea is an ordinary miller’s daughter,
engaged to be married under suspicious circumstances to a man not of her
choosing.
He has unknown powers and a manor house full of mysterious women.
Rhea has a hedgehog. It claims to be ordinary, but normal hedgehogs don’t act like that.
It’s probably not going to be enough.
He has unknown powers and a manor house full of mysterious women.
Rhea has a hedgehog. It claims to be ordinary, but normal hedgehogs don’t act like that.
It’s probably not going to be enough.
Sigh. I am such an Ursula Vernon fangirl that I would probably read her grocery list and like it. Somehow I missed this one when it came out - probably because I was focused on waiting for Dragonbreath: Knight-Napped! which (squee!) is sitting on the desk next to me. I have to read it at lunch becuase as soon as I take it home my son is going to steal it to read.
So - I have to admit that I think I liked Nine Goblins a bit better, but still - this is pretty cool. It is an interesting take on the Bluebeard idea, where Rhea finds herself 'engaged' to an off-putting Lord. Rhea, our narrator, has a good, strong, young-girl-in-over-her-head voice. She might be a little slow to pick up some of the clues being laid out, but not unbearably so. She also tends to admit that she should have seen something coming - and it makes sense in a I still can't believe/cope with the things that are happening around me sort of way.
The story is Coraline-ish level creepy - not for children but should be find for older teens.
There are a few lines that I absolutely adored - mostly involving the hedgehog, because hedgehogs are awesome - but I am going to refrain from sharing them because I want to encourage everyone to go try this one themselves. Well worth your time.
It is only available as an ebook
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| The Hedgehog's Balloon by Ursula Vernon http://www.redwombatstudio.com/product/the-hedgehogs-balloon/ |
But now, just because I have to ...
Hedgehog squeeeeee !
'kay I am better now,
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