Agent: Carrie Hannigan and Ellen Goff, HG Literary. Video game-style fantasy tropes and energetic plotting provide an alternative to Forgotten Realms and David Eddings for new readers of epic fantasy. The Bone Spindle Leslie Vedder 3.84 3,253 ratings856 reviews A pacey, fractured twist on a classic fairy tale Filore, a treasure hunter with a knack for riddles, is busy running from her own deadly curse, when she pricks her finger on a spindle.

Scroll down to begin reading The Bone Spindle When they stepped through the opening, it felt as if they had entered an entirely different house. But the Spindle Witch has dark plans for Briar-and true love might not thwart them. Set in a lush world inspired by beloved fairytales, The Bone Spindle is a fast-paced young adult fantasy full of adventure, romance, found family, and snark. Fi and queer, axe-wielding, boot-wearing huntswoman Shane must traverse the Forest of Thorns to wake Briar with true love’s kiss despite the bigoted Witch Hunters dogging them, the curse Fi’s controlling ex-lover inflicted on her, and Shane’s crush on mysterious Red. When 17-year-old treasure hunter Lady Filore Nenroa pricks her finger on the bone spindle that cursed him, she’s bonded via dreams to his rare, precious light magic. antlers, Bronze Age and Bone ResearchGate, the professional network for. A century before this title’s start, the King of Andar banished the ancient Spindle Witch for saving sickly prince Briar Rose at the cost of his mother’s life-and her revenge cursed Briar into deathless sleep, destroying Andar. Debut author Vedder’s action-packed, gender-flipped “Sleeping Beauty” reenvisioning, a series opener, pits two female outlaws against a witch’s ominous curse.

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