Thornhedge

T. Kingfisher

Aug 2023 · Macmillan Audio · Narrated by Jennifer Blom

About this audiobook

From USA Today bestselling author T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge is the tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone completely sideways.

There's a princess trapped in a tower. This isn't her story.

Meet Toadling. On the day of her birth, she was stolen from her family by the fairies, but she grew up safe and loved in the warm waters of faerieland. Once an adult though, the fae ask a favor of Toadling: return to the human world and offer a blessing of protection to a newborn child. Simple, right?

But nothing with fairies is ever simple.

Centuries later, a knight approaches a towering wall of brambles, where the thorns are as thick as your arm and as sharp as swords. He's heard there's a curse here that needs breaking, but it's a curse Toadling will do anything to uphold...

"The way Thornhedge turns all the fairy tales inside out is a sharp-edged delight."
—Katherine Addison, author of The Goblin Emperor

Ratings and reviews

Thornhedge is a true fairy tale. A dark melancholy carries the story forward, with a breath of hope resting just beneath. This is a story of nature and nurture, of our duties and the roles we’re forced to play. It’s a story about family, love, holding on, and letting go. The narrator does a brilliant job of capturing and conveying the mood and atmosphere. *Thanks to Macmillan Audio for the free audiobook download! I also bought myself a hardcover copy.*

About the author

T. KINGFISHER writes fantasy, horror, and occasional oddities, including Nettle & Bone, What Moves the Dead, and A House with Good Bones. Under a pen name, she also writes bestselling children's books. She lives in North Carolina with her husband, cats, and a yard full of toads who watch her suspiciously whenever she gardens.