Still, the many twists and dark moral questions keep the pages flying.Does true love break curses or begin them? The dark sorceress of “Sleeping Beauty” reclaims her story in this sequel to Malice.įeared and despised for the sinister power in her veins, Alyce wreaks her revenge on the kingdom that made her an outcast. The introduction of Regan's character is promising, but goes nowhere, and the story's ending, while logical, will leave fans who've invested in Alyce and Briar feeling cheated. With tensions rising between the Fae and the Dark Court, Alyce finds herself caught between her kingdom and the woman she loves. Meanwhile, Alyce does everything she can to try to wake her love, the sleeping Princess Aurora including using the miraculous blood of the Graces but she refuses to consider the one surefire way to break the curse. Any humans who survived Alyce's ascension have been bound as servants, and the remaining Graces, benevolent fae, are imprisoned. With Regan, another Vila and potential love interest, at her side, Alyce makes it her mission to provide refuge to dark creatures among them goblins, demons, and imps that are reviled by the rest of the world just as she was once reviled by Briar. The kingdom of Briar has fallen to the fury of Alyce, a Vila, or dark sorceress. Walter brings her debut duology to an unhappy close with this moody, jam-packed sequel, set 100 years after events of Malice.
But could Aurora love the villain Alyce has become? And the dream of the world they would have built together is nothing but ash.Īlyce vows to do anything to wake the woman she loves, even if it means turning into the monster Briar believes her to be. But it is a love that came with a heavy price: Aurora now sleeps under a curse that even Alyce’s vast power cannot seem to break. Princess Aurora saw through Alyce’s thorny facade, earning a love that promised the dawn of a new age. Not even the one person who holds her heart. And no one will escape the consequences of her wrath. Once a realm of decadence and beauty, Briar is now wholly Alyce’s wicked domain. “Fans of reimagined fairy tales and LGBTQ+ themes will be delighted with the conclusion of this fantasy duology.”- Booklist (starred review)įeared and despised for the sinister power in her veins, Alyce wreaks her revenge on the kingdom that made her an outcast. Does true love break curses or begin them? The dark sorceress of “Sleeping Beauty” reclaims her story in this sequel to Malice.
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