A fairy's unfulfilled curse spins a new tale.

Hidden for generations, Sleeping Beauty's cursed spindle resurfaces...

In 1894 Vermont, Briar Rose is determined to keep her orphaned siblings together. She's set her sights on marrying an ambitious young man to take them out of the cotton mills and back to the Old Country. Trouble is, he no longer cares for her.

Childhood chum Henry Prince would like to step in, but sweet as he is, can’t offer what her family needs.

When a peddler gives Briar a spindle made from fairy wood said to have magical properties, she has a chance to keep her family together. Desperate to increase her production at the mill, she sneaks the spindle onto her spinning frame.

But Briar has no idea of the power she has unleashed. One by one, the mill girls succumb to a sleeping sickness. To save everyone, Briar must find the strength to break the curse and defeat the evil fairy for good.

For in a world where fairies lurk and curses linger, love can bleed like the prick of a finger…

Previously published under the title Spindle.

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Details

Author: Shonna Slayton
Series: Fairy-tale Inheritance Series, Book 5
Genre: YA Historical Fairy Tale
ASIN: B08KXNY2JM
ISBN: 9781947736092

Endorsements

It is a difficult task to rewrite a fairy tale and make it even better than the original. To add in historical fact and create believable magical fiction takes true talent. This book has the best of those genres and more. It is magic and romance and fantasy, all while dealing with difficulties of the actual times. A story about loyalty, to family and to self, about friendship, even between people who think they have very little in common. This is a wonderful tale to escape into.

– Laura, bookblogger @ Laura's Interests

I had my guesses from the beginning but I would be lying if I said I easily had this one completely figured out. Shonna Slyaton does some really cool things with the twists and secrets in Spindle....The industrial revolution time period is the perfect setting for Spindle. In fact, I think that was my favorite story telling decision. It set the mood of desperation perfectly. Spindle is a retelling take you don’t want to miss. I can’t wait for more from Shonna Slayton.

– Michelle, bookblogger @ Book Briefs

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