2019 fantasy short story, epilogue to Thornbound.. Two years later,
Cassandra is determined to celebrate her anniversary.
It's fun, but very light. If this had been an epilogue to the
actual novel, it wouldn't be surprising. Cassandra has a grand plan,
but people keep getting in her way with problems to be solved. One
could indeed look at this as an extension of one of the themes of
Thornbound, that Cassandra needs to learn to accept help rather than
doing everything herself, but I may just be reading that into it.
It's warm and fuzzy and happy and enjoyable to read, but it is just an
epilogue to the main story, not a new thing in its own right.