02732cam a2200397 i 4500 1127897953 TxAuBib 20240119120000.0 220204s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2022007016 9781984818676 1984818678 TxAuBib rda Walter, Heather, 1987- Malice : a novel / Heather Walter. Del Rey trade paperback edition. New York : Del Rey, 2022. ©0. 484 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Malice ; 1 A princess isn't supposed to fall for an evil sorceress. But in this darkly magical retelling of “Sleeping Beauty,” true love is more than a simple fairy tale. Once upon a time, there was a wicked fairy who, in an act of vengeance, cursed a line of princesses to die. A curse that could only be broken by true love's kiss. You've heard this before, haven't you? The handsome prince. The happily-ever-after. Utter nonsense. Let me tell you, no one in Briar actually cares about what happens to its princesses. Not the way they care about their jewels and elaborate parties and charm-granting elixirs. I thought I didn't care, either. Until I met her. Princess Aurora. The last heir to Briar's throne. Kind. Gracious. The future queen her realm needs. 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. Humiliated and shamed by the same nobles who pay me to bottle hexes and then brand me a monster. Aurora says I should be proud of my gifts. That she . . . cares for me. Even though it was a power like mine that was responsible for her curse. But with less than a year until that curse will kill her, any future I might see with Aurora is swiftly disintegrating-and she can't stand to kiss yet another insipid prince. I want to help her. If my power began her curse, perhaps it's what can lift it. Perhaps, together, we could forge a new world. Nonsense again. Because we all know how this story ends, don't we? Aurora is the beautiful princess. And I- I am the villain. 20240119. Sleeping Beauty (Tale) Adaptations Fiction. Magic Fiction. Princesses Fiction. Lesbians Fiction. Fairy tales. lcgft Lesbian fiction. lcgft Romance fiction. lcgft Fantasy fiction. lcgft Novels. lcgft Malice ; 1.