For Gold and Status, The Goose Girl Reimagined: A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
A genre I like to dip my toes into on occasion is that of reimagined fairy tales, specifically stories that take The Brothers Grimm and turn them on their head. Before we get started on this review, take a moment to go read their version of The Goose Girl . I’ll wait here. Did you do it? Okay, good. Welcome back. What did you think? I didn’t feel sorry for the Princess at all. Why? Because royalty rarely ever treats their servants well. The young girl seized her chance to take the place of a true princess, and was somehow able to fool everyone while doing it. How DARE she want to have a better life? If it weren’t for magic, which for the most part was considered taboo, the handmaid would never have been found out. Which leads us to a reimagining of the story. Don’t answer the door. Seriously. A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher, photo from Tor When the story starts, Cordelia is sitting in a church, describing herself as being trapped in her own mind. It isn’t until a few p
