A review by katherinenzr
A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I keep trying to write a review for this book and accidentally coming up with an essay. This is Sleeping Beauty as you’ve never seen it before --which is to say, it’s Sleeping Beauty from the point of view of Sleeping Beauty herself, determined to have a say in her own story. Zinnia Gray is slowly dying, and when she pricks her finger on a spinning wheel at midnight on her 21st birthday (as a joke) she wakes up in the perfect fairytale, where she knows she can change the ending. Viciously funny and beautifully heart-breaking, I’d take an anthology of every version of this story Alix E Harrow had to give. 

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