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A queer retelling of “Sleeping Beauty” where the villain takes center stage? Yes, please! We all know the tale, the curse, the wicked fairy, the kiss ... but there is always another version of happily ever after, and this wildly imaginative take on a classic fairy tale offers epic world-building, a rich history and an inventive magical hierarchy. Malice is more than just a retelling, it is a complex character-driven story with harrowing twists, action, political intrigue, betrayal, and a slow-burn romance you never want to end.

A princess isn’t supposed to fall for an evil sorceress. But in this “bewitching and fascinating” (Tamora Pierce) retelling of “Sleeping Beauty,” true love is more than a simple fairy tale.

“Walter’s spellbinding debut is for all the queer girls and women who’ve been told to keep their gifts hidden and for those yearning to defy gravity.”—O: The Oprah Magazine

Once upon a time, there was a wicked fairy who, in an act of vengeance, cursed a line of princesses to die. A curse that could only b...

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