Promises and Pixie Dust
Elle Madison and Robin D. Mahle
4/5
I feel like in my fairly extensive career of reading fairy tale retellings, I've never read a Thumbelina retelling. Lina has spent her entire life living in a village where everything was designed for normal-sized people, and as you might assume from a Thumbelina retelling she is in fact thumb sized. When her mother dies, she decides that she finally wants to seek out the fairies and a world that's built more to her scale. She coerces her childhood friend into going on a quest through the enchanted forest to her as she tries to figure out her past.
I liked it a lot more than I thought I would. It's a little strange when you think about the differences in their heights, traditional Thumbelina has her meeting a fairy prince and finally joining a society that she belongs in. This one's a bit different, with a relationship between a tiny girl and a normal sized guy. Like not in the way you might think or anything, it's more of a very drastic statement of looks don't matter when you really click with someone. In that respect, it's sweet and entertaining as you think about all the funny situations they get into (AKA him putting her into his pocket like I laughed a lot).
There were some issues with the dialogue where I felt like it was a bit forced, but all in all it was a short and fun read. I feel like these Kindle Unlimited reads are just built different they're always so quick and just like fulfilling in their duration. Would recommend if you want a fairy tale rewrite that's a little different from the traditional one.
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