This is a take on the story of Sleeping Beauty, set in a land where magic is a living, extremely crazy thing. Our little princess is raised by two fairies, taken away from her real parents after a nasty curse is put on her. Rosie, our princess, is the most normal of girls except for the fact she is raised by fairies and has no magic herself, despite being presumably related to two fairies, except for the ability to talk to animals. Rosie goes through the normal problems of growing up, only two find out just before her twenty first birthday she is a princess and heir to the throne. You can guess how it goes from there.
I love this book because I love Rosie-she is wonderful. Stubborn, quiet, and loyal, she ends up saving the day for everyone she loves as best as she can. The supporting characters are excellent as well-especially Katriona, the fairy who is given Rosie to care for. She puts her life on hold to raise Rosie for a number of years, and does everything she can to care and protect her. Rosie's two best friends, Peony the village beauty, and Narl, the blacksmith and Rosie's boss, also add to the book's theme of help comes from unexpected places and that friendship and love can and save anyone.
Spindle's End
Robin McKinley
I don't even know why I bother/53
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