The Raven and the Reindeer review

I greatly enjoyed The Raven and the Reindeer by T. Kingfisher. The novel is a retelling of The Snow Queen, and it’s frankly of the best renditions of the fairy tale I’ve ever seen.

With clever, tongue-in-cheek humor and a wonderfully strange take on magic, The Raven and the Reindeer acts as a nuanced deconstruction of heteronormativity and sexism in fairy tales. The heroine, Gerta, gradually realizes her own potential as a person on her journey and falling in love with the character of the Robber Girl.