Ten years later, Jude wants to belong there, despite her mortality. "Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Teenaged Briseis, who possesses a supernatural power over plants, including poisonous ones, inherits a dilapidated estate in rural New York and must protect herself and her family from centuries-old secrets that threaten their lives. Now Mina is starting to look at Lynet with something like hatred, and Lynet must decide what to do-and who to be-to win back the only mother she's ever known.or else defeat her once and for all. She gets her wish when her father makes Lynet queen of the southern territories, displacing Mina. But despite being the dead queen made flesh, Lynet would rather be like her fierce and regal stepmother, Mina. Fifteen-year-old Lynet looks just like her late mother, and one day she discovers why: a magician created her out of snow in the dead queen's image, at her father's order. The only catch is that she'll have to become a stepmother. When she moves to Whitespring Castle and sees its king for the first time, Mina forms a plan: win the king's heart with her beauty, become queen, and finally know love. She never guessed that her father cut out her heart and replaced it with one of glass. "Frozen meets The Bloody Chamber in this feminist fantasy reimagining of the Snow White fairytale At sixteen, Mina's mother is dead, her magician father is vicious, and her silent heart has never beat with love for anyone-has never beat at all, in fact, but she'd always thought that fact normal. Only after the wedding goes disastrously wrong does she discover she has dark, forbidden magic-the very magic she has sworn to destroy. But when Mia's father suddenly announces her marriage to the prince, she is forced to trade in her knives and trousers for a sumptuous silk gown. The same demons who killed her mother without a single scratch. Seventeen-year-old Mia Rose has pledged her life to hunting Gwyrach: women who can manipulate flesh, bones, breath, and blood.
In the ancient river kingdom, touch is a battlefield, bodies the instruments of war. Together they must find a way to forge a future in the darkness. But her desire for revenge may cost her country its chance at freedom and Nina the chance to heal her grieving heart.
The Queen of Mourning - Deep undercover, Nina Zenik risks discovery and death as she wages war on Fjerda from inside its capital. Now duty demands she embrace her powers to become the weapon her country needs. She saw her mentor die and her worst enemy resurrected, and she refuses to bury another friend. The Stormwitch - Zoya Nazyalensky has lost too much to war.
But a dark threat looms that cannot be defeated by a young king's gift for the impossible. The Demon King- As Fjerda's massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai Lantsov will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm-and even the monster within-to win this fight. The wolves are circling, and Ravka's time is running out. Lee McKenzie - Alice, last of the beating hearts / by David Turnbull - The watchmaker's ball / by Christine Norris - Rabbit fever / by Jackie Horsfall - Mustang Alice / by Medeia Sharif - White is a human construct / by Laura Lascarso - Alice and her shadow / by Tom Luke - Alice in Wilderland / by Jessica Bayliss - The aviary / by Crystal Schubert - Broken tethers / by Holly Odell - Undercover Alice / by Jennifer Moore - Follow the steam rabbit / by Liam Hogan. 2009Īlice, through the wormhole / by Charlotte Bennardo - They call me Alice / by C. 2018įive tales of creatures who live and die by fire from both the present day and the prehistoric past. 2009įifteen authors of Asian descent reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia, in short stories ranging from fantasy to science fiction to contemporary, from romance to tales of revenge. The Firebird anthology lives up to the quality of the first two volumes, with eighteen short stories and one novella that cover the range of science fiction, fantasy, and entirely believable but odd realistic fiction. Stories and poems set in the urban land of Bordertown, a city on the edge of the faerie and human world, populated by human and elfin runaways. Presents a collection of classic and lesser known fairy tales retold with sinister plot twists and macabre characters, including "Rapunzel," "Molly Whupple," "Beauty and the Beast," and "The Island of Skeletons." 2013.
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