The Too-Clever Fox

A lesser creature might have closed his eyes and prayed for nothing more than a quick death. But if Koja had words, then he had hope.

At first I thought it could have been a story about Nikolai 😣
It's a nice story, but it's been the one I liked less among the novellas I've read so far 😥

A fun story about Koja, a smart but not very pretty fox. He manages to escape traps and helps other animals with his smart ideas. However, when a skilled hunter moves nearby, Koja faces a big challenge. I rooted for him all the way even though I saw that ending coming from a mile away, but it was still nice. Overall, it's an enjoyable and easy-to-read story with a likeable main character.

Short and sweet.

A nice little fable, with a nice little twist which, although I managed to guess almost immediately was still revealed very satisfyingly.

I wouldn't say the story is related to the Grisha Trilogy in any way except (likely) taking place in the same universe. But it was okay and I enjoyed reading it.

It's almost as if you have to traumatize kids in order to teach them valuable lessons...

“Just because you escape one trap, doesn't mean you will escape the next.”

rating - 3/5
I haven't read books with talking animals for a while now. This sure made me nostalgic. A pretty well told story i think, athough it's definitely not my favourite short story in the grishaverse.
I saw the plot twist coming towards the end although the too-clever fox didn't. eyeroll.
(considering there was quite a bit of foreshadowing for it, i'm pretty sure a lot of people did)
However, I really liked koja despite his slight well, more than slight not-too-clever-ness in the end. And Lula's a tiny little sweetheart:) The fact that i was invested in a story that's literally just 30 pages long only proves how good [a:Leigh Bardugo|4575289|Leigh Bardugo|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1534446099p2/4575289.jpg]'s writing is.

Short story - sort of a fairy tale set in a fictional town / forest (inspired by Russia). Quick, easy read.
Free to read on tor.com.