Thursday Thistle: A Fairy Tale
by August V. Fahren
Broken Star Books
Copyright © July 2011
ASIN: B005EH5W7U
253 KB
.99 cents Kindle
4 out of 5 Stars
Reviewed by Author C.V. Hunt
ABOUT:
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1: A dark, forgotten land from which all of our fairytales originated.
2: A post-apocalyptic realm of twisted, magic wielding royalty locked in battle with a race of technologically superior Guardians (who seek to snuff out magic forever).
3: The world Thursday Thistle has journeyed to in order to locate Princess Monday, one of seven paranormal princesses each named after a day of the week.
In a world where speaking with “wise men” is more like dealing with tech support and romance can be deadly Thursday will have to contend with: the wicked cannibal queen, a zombie grizzly bear, wee werewolves, robot laser-shooting mermaids, a steampunk tortoise, and a Zen archer monkey.
Additionally, she will meet the Schumacher Hound and find a haunted Halloween cuckoo clock temple and that’s just the beginning in this tale of whimsical wandering in the dreamlike tradition of Alice in Wonderland.
Review:
Thursday Thistle is a teen girl living with her loving widowed father, and two ungrateful step-sisters that treat her badly. On a night when she is left alone in the house, she is visited by a strange two headed mouse that beckons her to follow without delay.
She had twisted and turned across a countless number of streets only to reach this place. A place where the streetlight oozed down, a greasy yellow spot on the asphalt and the two-headed mouse, which resembled a swirling oil slick, hurried across the lighted spot and down the hill. It went down into hell. No, that wasn’t right. It was colder, quiet, an unknown journey into the bowels of the world, down into long forgotten places where nobody walked, but sidewalks still remained.
Once Thursday has entered into this strange new land he is greeted with a nursery rhyme every time she tells someone her name:
Me-O-My Monday is missing and Thursday had come again.
With what scarce information she can gather, there are seven princesses in this new land, and Monday is missing. She takes it upon herself to seek out what has happened to Monday in the hopes of find answers.
Along her journey she is runs into an assortment of strange creatures and characters including: a cannibal queen, a nymphomaniac princess, zombie bears, and insane wise men, just to mention a few. Beyond battling these creatures to find answers, Thursday finds herself battling strong sexual urges in the presence of the princesses when she meets them.
August V. Fahren does a wonderful job assembling a strange and horrifying world that gives Alice in Wonderland a run for its money. My only grip would be that there were areas that seemed left out, as if the author expected the reader to already now certain information, and it left me slightly confused in an already maddening world. Thursday seemed to know things without being told in other areas, but overall I think the story was great and very imaginative.
Thistle Thursday was an odd collage of every fairytale, mixed with horror. This is definitely not a fairytale I was told at bedtime, but my morbid fascination kept me wanting more.
