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Sixteen-year-old Mina is motherless, 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. She never guessed that her father cut out her heart and
replaced it with one of glass. 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.
The only catch is that she'll have to become a stepmother.
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. But despite being the dead
queen made flesh, Lynet would rather be like her fierce and regal
stepmother, Mina. She gets her wish when her father makes Lynet
queen of the southern territories, displacing Mina. 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.
Entwining the stories of both Lynet and Mina in the past and
present, Girls Made of Snow and Glass traces the relationship of
two young women doomed to be rivals from the start. Only one can
win all, while the other must lose everything - unless both can
find a way to reshape themselves and their story.
Melissa Bashardoust's Girl, Serpent, Thorn is “an alluring feminist
fairy tale” (Kirkus Reviews) about a girl cursed to be poisonous to the
touch and who discovers what power might lie in such a curse.
There was and there was not, as all stories begin, a princess cursed to
be poisonous to the touch. But for Soraya, who has lived her life
hidden away, apart from her family, safe only in her gardens, it’s not
just a story.
As the day of her twin brother’s wedding approaches, Soraya must decide
if she’s willing to step outside of the shadows for the first time.
Below in the dungeon is a demon who holds knowledge that she craves,
the answer to her freedom. And above is a young man who isn’t afraid of
her, whose eyes linger not with fear, but with an understanding of who
she is beneath the poison.
Soraya thought she knew her place in the world, but when her choices
lead to consequences she never imagined, she begins to question who she
is and who she is becoming...human or demon. Princess or monster.
SOMETIMES THE PRINCESS IS THE MONSTER From the author of Girls Made
of Snow and Glass, this captivating and utterly original
Persian-inspired fairy tale about a girl cursed to be poisonous to
the touch is perfect for fans of Natasha Ngan and Naomi Novik.
'Monstrously beautiful and enchanting' Tasha Suri, author of Empire
of Sand There was and there was not, as all stories begin, a
princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch. But for Soraya, who
has lived her life hidden away from everyone, apart from her
family, safe only in her gardens, it's not just a story. As the day
of her twin brother's wedding approaches, Soraya must decide if
she's willing to step outside of the shadows for the first time.
Below in the dungeon is a demon who holds knowledge that she
craves, the answer to her freedom. And above is a young man who
isn't afraid of her, whose eyes linger not with fear, but with an
understanding of who she is beneath the poison. Soraya thought she
knew her place in the world, but when her choices lead to
consequences she never imagined, she begins to question who she is
and who she is becoming . . . human or demon. Princess or monster.
ONLY ONE CAN BE QUEEN 'A feminist fantasy fairy tale not to be
missed' BookPage Sixteen-year-old Mina is motherless, her magician
father is vicious, and her silent heart has never beat with love
for anyone. In fact, it has never beat at all, for her father cut
it out and replaced it with one of glass. When she moves to
Whitespring Castle, Mina forms a plan: win the king's heart with
her beauty, become queen, and finally know love. The only catch is
that she'll have to become a stepmother. 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. Lynet
would rather be like her fierce and regal stepmother, Mina, but
when her father makes her queen of the southern territories, Mina
starts to look at Lynet with something like hatred, and Lynet must
decide what to do - and who to be - in order to win back the only
mother she's ever known . . . or else defeat her once and for all.
'An empowering and progressive original retelling' School Library
Journal 'Utterly superb' ALA Booklist 'Dark, fantastical,
hauntingly evocative' Kirkus
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