Book description
Christian was clueless when he started spying on the royal family through his telescope. He lives in a cave with a troll for a dad, after all. If his dad had only warned him about all that mind-boggling love stuff, maybe things wouldn't be such a mess. Although then, maybe,…
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1 author picked Once Upon a Marigold as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Another childhood favorite of mine and such a fun take on the princess happily-every-after trope!
This was the first book that ever made me laugh out loud (prior to this, I had not known books were allowed to be that funny).
Just seeing the title makes me smile.
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