and Sleeping Beauty as shes never been seen before. Aurora awakens from her 100-year sleep to a stranger’s kiss and an unstable kingdom. 24, 2015 A loose Sleeping Beauty retelling emphasizes political intrigue. She currently lives in York, England, in the shadow of a thirteenth-century Gothic cathedral. A WICKED THING From the Wicked Thing series, Vol.

Vividly imagined scenes of action, romance, and political intrigue are seamlessly woven together to reveal a richly created world. Rhiannon Thomas is an English lit grad from Princeton University. Compact Disc (February 23rd, 2016): $34. Rhiannon Thomass dazzling debut novel is a spellbinding reimagining of what happens after happily ever after.But Aurora's powers come at a price-one that forces her to leave the only home she's ever known, one that demands she choose between the man she loves and the people she seeks to protect, and one that will cause her to unravel the mysteries surrounding the curse that was placed on her over a century before.

Now, hunted by the king's soldiers, Aurora's only chance of freeing her kingdom from the king's tyrannical rule is by learning to control her magic. But when she was forced to decide between being loyal to the crown and loyal to her country, she set events in motion that branded her a traitor. : Kingdom of Ashes (Wicked Thing) (9780062303561) by Thomas, Rhiannon and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available. Theyll base their treatment off of A Wicked Thing, the 2015 book by Rhiannon Thomas that imagines Princess Aurora as a warrior who must save her kingdom after she wakes up from a 100-year. The second book in Rhiannon Thomas's epic retelling of Sleeping Beauty combines adventure, magic, and romance for a sweeping fantasy about one girl's journey to fulfill her destiny.Īurora was supposed to be her kingdom's savior.

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