Thorn Hedge by T. Kingfisher

  Aired the week of November 4

 Thorn Hedge by T. Kingfisher is a Sleeping Beauty retelling that asks the question "What if the princess is the villain?" Toadling was taken by fairies as an infant, making her not quite fae and not quite human. Currently, she is guarding a castle surrounded by briar that she enchanted. When one anxious knight shows up to rescue the maiden in the tower, Toadling tries and fails to scare him away. Unfortunately, the knight thinks she is cursed as well and is determined to save her. Toadling needs to deter him from going to the castle. Otherwise, he could unleash the evil that is trapped there in slumber.