From the bestselling author of Anatomy of a Misfit comes a subversive and feminist take on Sleeping Beauty, sure to appeal to fans of Damsel and To Kill a Kingdom.

The dark and deadly world of Heartless meets the empowering twist of Cruel Beauty in this thrilling, unpredictable, multigenre retelling of one of the most beloved fairy tales: where instead of falling asleep to await her prince, this sleeping beauty finally wakes up.

Bitsy is no one's ideal princess.

She's heard it all: that it's a shame she's so plain, so lacking in grace. That the best thing for her to do is simply wait (and wait some more) and hope some prince will grant her a happy ending.

Then Bitsy pricks her finger on a spindle and falls down, down, down.

Into a world where cutthroats and con artists are more common than curtsies. Where no one ages and everyone is beautiful. Where an inscrutable evil rests at its core.

A land where Bitsy's fate and her future are solely in her own hands--and neither are what she expects.

Author: Andrea Portes
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Harperteen
Published: 08/22/2023
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.53h x 5.86w x 1.08d
ISBN: 9780062422477
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2023
Publishers Weekly 06/26/2023
School Library Journal 11/17/2023 pg. 1