Bless this cute f/f fairytale with incredible writing, so light and too adorable to handle. The world needs more books like this.

The Little Queen follows the little queen after she loses her parents and finds herself as the new queen of her kingdom. But she's unsure of herself, not confident she can fill that position, so she starts a journey to help her be a better little queen. In the road she finds more than what she wished for; new friends, love, cultures... it's enchanting to read.

This storytelling is so lyric and beautiful. It has that fable feel that I haven't read in a really long time, plus with some adorable art to illustrate the little queen's adventures. It's different from what I was expecting but that just made me enjoy it that much more.

Sweet little lyrical story. I wasn't expecting much but this is really charming and enjoyable.

The Little Queen by Meia Geddes is the author’s second book. Geddes is also an artist, folding intricate paper cranes. She sometimes binds her own little booklets complete with her own watercolor birds. Her previous book Love Letters to the World is a collection of lyrical letters written as poetry. Geddes is also working her her way to becoming a world-class librarian.

I usually don’t read contemporary fiction, especially if it is written as a fable (think children’s story). Fables seemed to be a major source of the stories I heard when I was growing up. These relatively short stories held the reader’s (or more importantly the read to’s) attention and presented a moral or lesson at the end of the story. I haven’t seen many new versions of these stories since my childhood. They seem to have fallen out of favor to video and interactive media.

Geddes brings back the magic of storytelling with The Little Queen. A young princess suddenly finds herself ascended to the rank of queen after losing her parents. In an attempt to find herself, or trade her position of queen for something she can understand, she goes on a journey. Her journey introduces her a variety of people who would have typically have been wood cutters and candle makers in the past. The people she meets have received creative updates in job titles and descriptions. Each offers a bit of advice or discovery to the Little Queen and as in all fables, the young queen also finds love which develops in a very innocent manner.

The Little Queen is a charming and likable story. It is well written, and Geddes shows her cleverness and imagination in the storytelling. This fable is also wonderfully illustrated by Sara Zieve Miller. Although it is not my usual reading, I enjoyed it very much. It is rare that something outside of my normal reading holds my attention like The Little Queen. Extremely well done.

Available August 1, 2017

Not a bad story. But I was actually expecting a collection of poetry.

I was really intrigued by this though Netgalley marketed it as poetry which technically it is not? Still the writing is lyrical and has so many metas you will fall in love.

The Little Queen is about the little queen thinking she doesn't know how to be a queen in her kingdom, so she sets on an adventure throughout the world to meet new people. She grows from these encounters and learns so many new things. She finds many friendships and even love. I want to shout because I didn't know this was F/F? And IT'S AMAZING. The relationship is so cute and simple and just *sighs in love* you all.

Written by an author of color, I will recommend you all to support Meia! It's a short story where you will find that your time spent on this will be so worth it. You'll find beautiful art inside that will help you see how the little queen sees around herself. Plus I love the fact that throughout all her journey, the little queen meets female characters so I would like to think that it's a world where only-woman kingdoms exist and that's fabulous.