First published 2009
Beauty knows the curse will strike on her sixteenth birthday. Her wicked aunt cast the spell years ago, and now the day approaches with terrible certainty. Beauty manages to avoid the worst of the tragedy, but her escape launches her into something far more dangerous. She discovers that the enchanted places of her world face destruction. These magical realms, which exist alongside a world much like our own, need someone to save them before they vanish forever. Beauty finds herself at the center of this crisis, responsible for preserving magic itself. Her journey becomes a race against time as she navigates between fairy tale wonder and real peril. The adventure tests her courage and forces her to confront both the power of curses and the strength needed to break them. Beauty must choose between her own safety and the survival of enchantment in a world that desperately needs both.
Genres: adventure, fantasy, young-adult, fairy-tale-retellings
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking, whimsical
Tropes: chosen-one, race-against-time
496 pages · Kindle Edition · Spectra