Ash

About this book

The haunting romantic lesbian retelling of Cinderella and modern queer classic by award-winning author Malinda Lonow with an introduction by Holly Black a letter from the author a Q&A and more! In the wake of her fathers death Ash is left at the mercy of her cruel stepmother. 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 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 Kings 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 Ashs capacity for loveand 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.