Ash
- Subject
- Fairy Tales & Folklore - Adaptations
- Age
- Teen
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Pages
- 304
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Size
- 14.0 cm × 20.8 cm
- ISBN
- 9780316531313
The heroine falls for the beautiful huntress in this a hauntingly romantic lesbian retelling of Cinderellafrom the New York Times bestselling author of Last Night at the Telegraph Club.
In the wake of her father's death, Ash is left at the mercy of her cruel stepmother. Consumed by grief, her only joy comes by the light of the dying hearth fire, rereading the fairy tales her mother once told her. In her dreams, someday the fairies will steal her away. When she meets the dark and dangerous fairy Sidhean, she believes that her wish may be granted.
The day that Ash meets Kaisa, the King's Huntress, her heart begins to change. Instead of chasing fairies, Ash learns to hunt with Kaisa. Their friendship, as delicate as a new bloom, reawakens Ash's capacity for love--and her desire to live. But Sidhean has already claimed Ash for his own, and she must make a choice between fairy tale dreams and true love.
Entrancing and empowering, Ash beautifully unfolds the connections between life and love, and solitude and death, where transformation can come from even the deepest grief.
Now with an introduction by Holly Black, a letter from the author, a Q&A, and more!
"A rich and darkly moving tale I couldn't put down."—Meg Cabot, author of the Princess Diaries series
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What reviewers said
"With its beauty and bravery...Ash opened a world to girls like me."
—Anna-Marie McLemore, author of the Stonewall Honor Book When the Moon Was Ours and Blanca & Roja
Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award
Finalist for the William C. Morris Award
Finalist for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy
A Kirkus Best Book
An ALA Best Book
A Rainbow List recommendation
CBC/Bank Street's Outstanding Children's Books of the Year
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Nominee
" This lyrically retold Cinderella tale is not just a beautifully updated fable, but an ode to the transformative power of love."
“An unexpected reimagining of the Cinderella tale, exquisite and pristine, unfolding deliberately… Beautiful language magically wrought; beautiful storytelling magically told.”
"Lyrical and beautifully balanced...this Cinderella is flesh and blood in a whole new, breathtaking way."
—Kristin Cashore, New York Times bestselling author of the Graceling Realm series and Jane, Unlimited
"Cinderella, gorgeously reimagined, captivating and winsome. After you've fallen into the storytelling world of Malinda Lo, the truth of love will transcend the romantic ideal of fairy tales."
—Julie Anne Peters, author of Keeping You a Secret and National Book Award Finalist Luna
