Now that the semester is over, I finally have time for some free reading again! I have a stack of books (some leftover from my bibliography project that I didn't get to because of their likely "young adult" classification).
Goose Chase by Patricia Kindl
I loved this book. It was charming and funny. Alexandria Aurora Fortunato, or Goose Girl as she is referred to for the bulk of the book, was given several annoying fairy gifts. She is more lovely than the dawn, when she brushes her hair she sprinkles gold dust everywhere, and her tears turn into diamonds. These gifts bring her to the attention of the cruel King of Gilboa and the somewhat dim Prince of Dorloo. Both men want to marry her, and they lock her in a tower until she picks one of them. Completely uninterested in either man, Alexandria stalls until she can figure out a way to escape the tower. Aided by her 12 geese, she makes her escape only to fall into the hands of three bloodthirsty, but not too smart, ogresses.
There's a failed rescue attempt by Prince Edmund of Dorloo, magical growing hair, more help from the geese, and evil plots by the King of Gilboa. Fast-paced and very fun.
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