Damsel

I got about 1/3rd into this and insisted that my coworker tell me if the cat dies!!!!!!

the cat does not die but whew there are some perilous situations

anyway WHEW this is a gripping read. Difficult, emotionally speaking (and not only for cat-related reasons), but gripping. A lot of content warnings here, but in the right hands/setting could be great for a class on fairy tales/gender/etc.

but also like yo at the end of the day, the king fucked that dragon's armpit wound though like wow though