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When our heroine Alyce is discovered as a baby, it’s readily apparent that she’s half Vila, the magical race of once-fae whose corrupted powers led to their seeming extermination. Briar, being a roundly stupid place, squanders this gift primarily on petty vanity. In the land of Briar, bordering on the fae land of Etheria, a long-ago treaty between humans and fae made it so that Graces are born whose golden blood can produce elixirs that enhance the abilities of their fellow humans. And I am the villain.This book was such a struggle to get through, and I might not have done it if I hadn’t been grimly determined to see how Heather Walter made good on the terrific premise of Sleeping Beauty’s true love actually being the dark fairy who cursed her. But we all know how this story ends.Īurora is the beautiful princess. Perhaps, together, we could forge a new world. If my power began the curse, it might be the one to lift it. But with less than a year before the curse kills her, any future I might imagine for us is quickly disappearing - and she can't stand to kiss yet another idiotic prince. One who isn't bothered that I am Alyce, the Dark Grace, abhorred and feared for the mysterious dark magic that runs in my veins. Princess Aurora, last heir to the throne, the future queen her realm needs. Let me tell you, no one in Briar cares what happens to our princess.

Once upon a time, there was a wicked fairy who, in an act of vengeance, cursed a line of princesses to die.Ī curse that could only be broken by true love's kiss. 'A truly original and clever retelling of a classic that had me racing to the end - you'll never look at Sleeping Beauty the same again.' S.A. This story is beautiful, vicious magic.' Tasha Suri, author of Empire of Sand 'Malice is the dark and wicked heart of a fairytale carved into a book. Perfect for fans of Naomi Novik and Holly Black. But in this darkly magical retelling of Sleeping Beauty, true love is more complicated than a simple fairy tale.

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