Not the way they care about their jewels and elaborate parties and charm-granting elixirs. Let me tell you, no one in Briar actually cares about what happens to its princesses. You’ve heard this before, haven’t you? The handsome prince. A curse that could only be broken by true love’s kiss. Once upon a time, there was a wicked fairy who, in an act of vengeance, cursed a line of princesses to die. “Walter’s spellbinding debut is for all the queer girls and women who’ve been told to keep their gifts hidden and for those yearning to defy gravity.” ( O: The Oprah Magazine )
But in this “bewitching and fascinating” (Tamora Pierce) retelling of “Sleeping Beauty”, true love is more than a simple fairy tale. Malice by Heather Walter is available to check out from the Mission Viejo Library.A princess isn’t supposed to fall for an evil sorceress.
I recommend this book for anyone who loves fantasy and loves the story of Sleeping Beauty. Many times, I couldn’t stop reading the book even when I needed to do something because it had intrigued me so much. There are many plot twists that occur in the book and has developed the story into a tale of what love and hate equally could do to a person in desperate times. The world-building is spectacular, the characters are seen as genuine and relatable, and the plot is amazing. I find this fantasy book to be truly amazing. It seems as though Alyce and Princess Aurora would have no reason for their stories to intertwine but Fate turns the table and have the two unexpectedly fall into love with each other. No one truly cares if she lives or dies since they have seen the same thing with her sisters and the ancestors that came before her. Princess Aurora is stuck with a curse in which she would die by the age of 21 if she hasn’t kissed someone who is her true love.
But Alyce isn’t like the rest of the Graces since she is half-Vila, someone who is demonized by all of society. A Grace is someone who tends to the needs of humans either by healing people through or making them more beautiful through their blood. However, in this retelling of Sleeping Beauty, that is not the case.Īlyce is who someone called a “Dark Grace” but that doesn’t quite summarize what she actually is. Many would imagine the story where Aurora was sent to be raised by three fairies and was awaken from her cursed sleep by Prince Charming. Once upon a time, Princess Aurora was cursed by an evil sorceress with the only solution being true love’s kiss.
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