Instead of chasing fairies, Ash learns to hunt with Kaisa. The day that Ash meets Kaisa, the King’s Huntress, her heart begins to change. When she meets the dark and dangerous fairy Sidhean, she believes that her wish may be granted. In her dreams, someday the fairies will steal her away, as they are said to do. Consumed with grief, her only joy comes by the light of the dying hearth fire, rereading the fairy tales her mother once told her. In the wake of her father’s death, Ash is left at the mercy of her cruel stepmother. Here is the publisher’s summation of the plot: Huntress is sort of a prequel to Ash, but it was written after Ash was published you don’t have to have read it to read Ash. In her novel, Ash, Lo creates a beautiful Queer re-imagining of the Cinderella fairytale, complete with a complex main character, a fresh take on the plot, and gorgeous use of language, description, and world-building. One of my recent joys has been discovering Malinda Lo’s fantasy YA books. Genre: LGBTQIA, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult
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