Hamster Princess Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible, Book 1, (Paperback)

from benuathanasia

What an adorable twist on the princess genre! I love that it doesn't just subvert the damsel in distress trope, but goes out of its way to trample many other fairy-tale tropes along the way.

from paula-childrenslib

Never a conventional princess, Harriet becomes an adventurer after learning she is cursed to fall into a deep sleep on her twelfth birthday, but after two years of slaying ogres, cliff-diving, and more with her riding quail, Mumfrey, things go awry at home and she must seek a prince to set things...

from Herenya

A very amusing take on ‘Sleeping Beauty'. Upon learning of her curse, Harriet accurately concludes that she must be invincible until it strikes -- and when the time arrives, she's determined to avoid falling into an enchanted sleep. This is heavily-illustrated. The pictures are great, but were of...

from bookbrig

AMAZING. I love all of Ursula Vernon's stuff, but this retelling of Sleeping Beauty is so great! It's snarky and heartfelt and has A MAINSPLAINING HAMSTER PRINCE who is rejected as a love interest. Actually, there's no "love interest" because the main character is 12 and she doesn't want a betrot...

from bookbrig

AMAZING. I love all of Ursula Vernon's stuff, but this retelling of Sleeping Beauty is so great! It's snarky and heartfelt and has A MAINSPLAINING HAMSTER PRINCE who is rejected as a love interest. Actually, there's no "love interest" because the main character is 12 and she doesn't want a betrot...