![]() ![]() ![]() Rushing to get to the castle, Gorse falls into a magical trap, and so begins anĪdventure that eventually results in her delivering an accidental gift to the princess. When Gorse is 13 years old, a Bidding comes down to bestow blessings on the newborn princess, Talia. ![]() Half elf, half fey, Gorse is the youngest of 13, and as such, she is the last to learn of the oath that ties her family to the kingdom and requires them to do Royal Biddings, under penalty of bursting into a thousand stars. Yolen follows her Snow White retelling, Snow in Summer (2011), with a similarly inventive spin on Sleeping Beauty (like that book, this novel also derives from one of the author’s short stories). ![]()
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