An effortlessly zesty and playful retelling of Sleeping Beauty, with characters from several other fairy tales making a sneaky appearance. In the form of a novella, this is uncomplicated light reading, apart from a saucy and somewhat sinister few pages that add a deliberate jarring note to proceedings. Adding a modern twist to the traditional “and everyone lived happily ever after”, this is a lively and entertaining read.
FIVE FAIRYTALES. NINE KINGDOMS. ONE PRINCE. 'This is not your Disney fairy tale. It is much, much better' WILDER'S BOOK REVIEW 'Brilliantly subverts the classic fairy tale' ONE CHAPTER MORE 'Loads of fun . . . Exposes the patriarchal, oppressive fairytale world order which we take for granted in the old yarns' THE INDEPENDENT
Imagine a castle lost to history, a brave prince, a beautiful princess and a curse waiting to be broken . . . And then imagine them all again . . . This is the tale of Sleeping Beauty, retold as it always should have been.
Beauty is the second instalment in this British Fantasy Award-winning world teeming with lovers, dragons, witches, and werewolves by Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller Sarah Pinborough.
Newly revised, rejacketed, and relaunched with a brand-new prequel and sequel, the Tales from the Kingdoms series is your next dark fantasy romance obsession. __________________
Step into the Tales from the Kingdoms series:
Book 1: MAGIC Book 2: BEAUTY Book 3: POISON Book 4: CHARM Book 5: BLOOD __________________
PRAISE FOR SARAH PINBOROUGH:
'Bloody brilliant' STEPHEN KING 'An absolute dream' RICHARD OSMAN 'A twisted genius' LISA JEWELL 'Queen of WTF' RUTH WARE 'An absolute must-read' JOE HILL 'A dark, electrifying page-turner' HARLAN COBEN 'The queen of twisty reads' HARRIET TYCE 'Everyone will be talking about this book' STYLIST 'Expertly plotted' SUNDAY TIMES 'One of the best endings to a book' PRIMA 'The very definition of a page-turner' SUN
Anyone with any interest in fairy tale and myth will smile and smile again. The Forgotten Geek Beauty is a fantastic conclusion to this series. I can't recommend these books enough: go forth and read! WONDROUSREADS.COM It is a delightfully wicked twist on the stories of old. -- Paul Holmes THEELOQUENTPAGE.CO.UK It's fun, contemporary, sexy, and perfect for fans of Once Upon a Time, Snow White and the Huntsman and more. TOR.COM a super sexy tale full of fan, danger and excitement FICTION FASINATION
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About Sarah Pinborough
Sarah Pinborough is a successful, critically acclaimed novelist and screenw riter. She has written a YA trilogy, The Now here Chronicles, under the pen name Sarah Silverwood; she has written for the BBC series NEW TRICKS; her The Dog-Faced Gods trilogy has been optioned for a television series and she has a horror film, CRACKED, currently in development. She has also turned her pen to short stories and novellas, winning the BRITISH FANTASY AW ARD for Best Short Story in 2009 and the BRITISH FANTASY AWARD for Best Novella in 2010 (for The Language of the Dying). She lives in London, and is a full time writer.
