![]() In this version of events, we follow the story of Vanja Schmidt, an incorrigible thief who learned to steal to avoid having to ask her adopted mothers – the Goddesses of Fortune and Death – for any favors.ĭesperate to avoid being trapped in a life of servitude to either of her mothers, the working class Vanja uses an enchanted necklace to impersonate and steal the life of her mistress, Kör-prinzessin Gisele, soon-to-be Markgräfinvon Reigenbach. Little Thieves is a captivating, fresh spin on “The Goose Girl”, a Grimm’s fairytale that involves a kind-hearted princess who is seized by her maid, impersonated and forced to live as a common goose girl. (Truly, I will read anything this woman writes at this point.) And, happily, it turns out that assumption is entirely correct. So folks that have been paying attention should already have been expecting her follow-up novel, a new fantasy folktale retelling called Little Thieves , to be one of the best titles of Fall 2021. ![]() ![]() ![]() Margaret Owen’s The Merciful Crow duology was the kind of buzzy fantasy debut that puts authors on readers’ radars. ![]()
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