Status Updates From The Linnet's Tale

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"But they were all he took, those tankards. And only those for love of his friends."

Merchanty Swift how DARE you mouse your way into my heart like this.

"You'd like them, I think."

The voice of the prologue is so perfect that this final, understated, sweet line has me emotionally compromised. I'M 5 PAGES INTO THE STORY WHAT IS GOING ON

(I'm not even PMSing I swear)

As if the premise and mice names aren't cute enough, as if the cover art and illustrations aren't the very definition of whimsy, as if the map doesn't promise little mice adventures and have a distance scale of "as the crow flies," chapter 2 is blessed with the utterly cozy title of "Tea at the Bookish Mouse." I haven't even started the story yet and I'm already charmed to the core.