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A Goodreads Most Anticipated Summer Read!
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A Paste Magazine Best New Fantasy of 2022!
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A lively, engaging fairy-tale retelling perfect for devouring in a single sitting.
— Kirkus Reviews
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Series fans and lovers of fractured fairy tales will find plenty to hold their attention.
— Publishers Weekly
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Readers who love stories that twist narratives into knots will fall for Harrow’s fractured fairy tale
— Library Journal
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Zinnia is a wonderfully unique figure in the long tradition of bibliofantasy: a reluctant heroine whose superpower doesn’t derive from spindles or mirrors, but from skillfully deconstructing the very stories she’s in.
— Locus
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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, bestselling author of the Winternight trilogy
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An exceptional heroine, smart writing, and a winning plot.
— Nancy Pearl
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Like Into the Spider-Verse for Disney princesses, A Spindle Splintered is a delightful mash-up featuring Alix E. Harrow’s trademark beautiful prose and whip-smart characters.
— Mike Chen, author of Here and Now and Then
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A wonderfully imaginative, and Queer as hell, tale for those who wish to be the authors of their own stories.
— Kalynn Bayron, author of Cinderella is Dead
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This is a self-aware, empowered riff on Sleeping Beauty that manages to be thrilling, funny, smart, and sweet.
— Sarah Pinsker, Nebula Award-winning author of A Song for a New Day
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“Alix Harrow takes traditional fairy tales, turns them inside out, then upside down, and uses them to kick ass. Brava!
— Ellen Klages, Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author of The Green Glass Sea and Passing Strange
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Harrow creates a lush and magical world with well-developed characters who are easy to love and root for.
— School Library Journal, starred review
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Themes of female friendship, female strength, and female independence leave good feels behind, not to mention some laugh-out-loud bits...This fairy tale–superhero movie mashup is pure entertainment.
— Kirkus Reviews
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Best-selling author Harrow revives and rejuvenates the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale with a feminist twist in her latest... Harrow uses her excellent skill as a storyteller to give agency back to the passive princess.
— Booklist
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Accompanied by Arthur Rackham's original illustrations, this quick read is a must for fairy-tale readers.
— Buzzfeed, Best Books of October List