Princess Mommy
by Gitte Tamar
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Pub Date Dec 12 2025 | Archive Date Dec 29 2025
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Description
A chilling tale of innocence, illusion, and the monsters we hide behind bedtime stories.
Five-year-old Lillie sees the world through the lens of fairy tales. In her eyes, her mother is a beautiful princess who sometimes disappears into secret towers, and her father is a brave knight who protects their small kingdom from unseen forces. It’s a magical world, full of make-believe… and it’s the only world Lillie knows.
But behind the sparkle and tales of storybook castles lies something much darker.
Lillie’s father, John, will do anything to shield her from the grim truths of their home life—even if it means rewriting reality itself. Each story he tells is a carefully crafted lie meant to protect his daughter from the horrors lurking just beneath the surface. But some truths are too monstrous to stay hidden forever.
As cracks begin to form in the fantasy John has built, Lillie starts to glimpse the shadows between the lines. And the more she sees, the more the fairytale unravels—revealing something far more disturbing than she could ever imagine.
Princess Mommy is a haunting psychological horror novel that blurs the line between innocence and terror, love and delusion. Perfect for fans of The Push, Room, or Baby Teeth, this gripping novel will burrow under your skin and leave you questioning the stories we tell to survive.
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Featured Reviews
Stella N, Reviewer
I loved it. It’s very descriptive on the scene so you can visualize it all. I didn’t know what to expect but it worked. The ending could be a bit more, but overall still a great book to read! It was a fast read but enjoyed every bits of it.
When Fairytales Go Very, Very Wrong
Princess Mommy looks like a bedtime story but reads like a slow-burn nightmare that creeps into your brain and refuses to leave.
Princess Mommy is a deeply unsettling psychological horror novel told through the fragile lens of a child who believes she lives inside a fairytale. Five year old Lillie sees her parents as storybook figures, with her father spinning gentle fantasies to protect her from a home life that is far darker than she can understand. As the cracks in that fantasy widen, the story becomes increasingly disturbing, blending innocence with dread in a way that quietly creeps under your skin. I really enjoyed how the book made me feel constantly uneasy without relying on cheap scares, and how the child’s perspective made everything more haunting and emotionally heavy long after I finished reading
Fairytales are not supposed to make your stomach twist but this one absolutely did. I was pulled in right away by little Lillie’s sweet voice and the way her world feels magical until you realize how wrong everything really is. I could not stop reading as the story slowly peeled back the lies and showed how terrifying love can become when it turns into control. This book messed with my head in the best way and I loved how it stayed creepy without trying too hard, making me feel like something bad was always lurking just out of sight. If you like horror that sneaks up on you instead of jumping out at you, this one is worth it 🖤👑
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