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
What if everything you thought you knew about the Grimms' fairytales was wrong?
Imagine a castle lost to history, a brave prince, a beautiful princess, and a curse waiting to be broken...
Welcome to the story of Sleeping Beauty, retold as it always should have been.
Beauty is the second instalment in the Tales from the Kingdoms series by the internationally bestselling creator of Netflix smash-hit Behind Her Eyes - unmissable for fans of A Dowry of Blood by ST Gibson, Belladonna by Adalyn Grace, and Gallant by V. E. Schwab. __________________
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
