The Maiden Thief: A Tor.Com Original
by:
Melissa Marr (author)
Format: Kindle Edition
ISBN:
9780765385048 (076538504X)
ASIN: B018E6IZVM
Publish date: 2016-01-27
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 33
Edition language: English
I went into this story without actually having read a synopsis: I just fell for the title and the cover, despite this being by Melissa Marr... I may have about three books of her "Wicked Lovely" series. I would have to check. That's how much I liked those... So... "Maiden Thief"? Great name for th...
"The Maiden Thief" by Melissa Marr is a dark fantasy novelette about a teenager whose town is plagued by the annual disappearances of girls and young women. Her father blames her when one of her sisters is one of the taken. This is a nicely written short story, a retelling of a famous folk tale, [sp...
3.5 starsVery short novella about a girl who tries to stop the Maiden Thief before he kills another village girl, because the adults in this story are worthless. I was disappointed that the villain didn't get much of a comeuppance.
bookshelves: winter-20152016, lit-richer-jan-2016, lit-richer, published-2016, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, cover-love Read from January 28 to 30, 2016 Description: "The Maiden Thief" by Melissa Marr is a dark fantasy novelette about a teenager whose town is plagued by the annual disappear...
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