This was such a fun little short story to read! It's a reimagining of Bluebeard myth, which I personally am not incredibly familiar with.

Rhea is fifteen years old and the miler's daughter. She is approached by Count Crevan, who wants her hand in marriage. As a peasant girl, she can't say no to a lord, despite him being her father's age. Rhea knows this isn't right and knows something wrong is going on, but her parents can't do anything. The lord invites her to visit his manor in the dead of night before they marry, and Rhea has to reluctantly do it. Once she arrives, she gets the horrible shock of discovering Lord Crevan has married six other women and she will be the seventh. She confronts him, and he gives her increasingly impossible tasks to complete in order to not marry him.

This retelling definitely subverts parts of all fairytale retellings. One thing the writing did well was just portraying just the absoluteness wrongness of marriage and the youngness of Rhea. I listened via audiobook and the childlike nature of Rhea is very evident. I love the main character though and her kindness and strength to accept she will get through what she needs to. She also has a very cute hedgehog sidekick that accompanies her and she tries to stop their marriage. If you want a super quick but developed short story, pick this up!