The Entwined Fairy Tales - Book One: The Goose Girl - KM Shea

Recently I discovered that a few of my favorite fairy tale retalers have joined together for an intertwined fairy tale journey.

The Entwined Fairy Tales series featuring six books begins with KM Shea's The Goose Girl.

This tale follows the eldest girl of a former woodcutter's family, Corynn also known as Rynn. 

Rynn has taken a temporary assignment of escorting Princess Davina to her intended Prince in a different country.

This is where things differ from the original tale.  Rynn does not like the princess, certainly.  She finds Princess Davina spoiled and silly. 

Princess Davina is the one with the plan.  She doesn't want to marry the assumed hunchbacked Prince.  With a little help from her guards and a fairy gift, the Princess forces Rynn into pretending to be the princess.

Rynn, filled with duty and doing what is right, is frustrated.  Threatened by the guards, constantly dropping hints at the Prince and his cousin Conrad, and trying to convince Davina - now a goose girl - to tell the truth, all she wants is to be Rynn again.

Can she get the spell reversed before the truth is revealed and her life put in danger?


My thoughts -  I read the last thirty-five minutes of the book on the elliptical.  I simply didn't want to stop reading!  The best part, unlike in the original and in some other retellings, the horse does not die.  So yes, all the horse lovers can breathe a sigh of relief and go in not worrying about that depressing detail. 

You can also get your copy from Kindle Unlimited!

Alicia

*Note*

The books in the series are released on Mondays so my posting schedule should take place the week after the books release - or the day of the next book's release - so while everybody is reading this post and catching up, I'll be consuming the next book in the series - An Unnatural Beanstalk.