In A Spindle Splintered, that archetypal story is "Sleeping Beauty," and protagonist Zinnia Gray has been drawn to it since she was a kid. But when Zinnia pricks her finger, something strange and unexpected happens, and she finds herself falling through worlds, with another sleeping beauty, just as desperate to escape her fate.Īt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.In Alix Harrow's books, women move between worlds, sometimes because they find enchanted doors ( The Ten Thousand Doors of January), sometimes because they rediscover and rekindle ancient magics ( The Once and Future Witches), and sometimes because their own story echoes an archetypal story - and they want more from destiny. Her best friend Charm is intent on making Zinnia's last birthday special with a full sleeping beauty experience, complete with a tower and a spinning wheel. Not much is known about her illness, just that no-one has lived past twenty-one. When she was young, an industrial accident left Zinnia with a rare condition. It's Zinnia Gray's twenty-first birthday, which is extra-special because it's the last birthday she'll ever have. "A vivid, subversive and feminist reimagining of Sleeping Beauty, where implacable destiny is no match for courage, sisterhood, stubbornness and a good working knowledge of fairy tales." -Katherine Arden Featuring Arthur Rackham's original illustrations for The Sleeping Beauty, fractured and reimagined.
Harrow's A Spindle Splintered brings her patented charm to a new version of a classic story.
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