Новинки Мелиссы Башардауст

Ее прикосновение — смертельно. Ее существование — проклято. Жизнь Сорэйи проходит в тени. Никто не знает о ней, кроме семьи и нескольких друзей. Она в безопасности только в своих садах, для нее они — целый мир. Но чем ближе свадьба брата, тем больше Сорэйя понимает, что настало время покинуть тень и выйти на свет. В подвале дворца, где она выросла, заперт демон, скрывающий тайну ее проклятия. Пройти к нему Сорэйе поможет юноша, который не боится ее смертельного прикосновения. Он видит в ней не опасность — он видит в ней человека. Сорэйя думала, что ее судьба предрешена, но теперь, свернув с намеченного пути, она не представляет,…

A captivating and utterly original fairy tale about a girl cursed to be poisonous to the touch, and who discovers what power might lie in such a curse...

There was and there was not, as all stories begin, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch. But for Soraya, who has lived her life hidden away, apart from her family, safe only in her gardens, it’s not just a story.

As the day of her twin brother’s wedding approaches, Soraya must decide if she’s willing to step outside of the shadows for the first time. Below in the dungeon is a demon who holds knowledge that she craves, the answer to her freedom. And above is a young man who isn’t afraid of her, whose eyes linger not with fear, but with an understanding of who she is beneath the poison.

Soraya thought she knew her place in the world, but when her choices lead to consequences she never imagined, she begins to question who she is and who she is becoming...human or demon. Princess or monster.

Frozen meets The Bloody Chamber in this feminist fantasy reimagining of the Snow White fairytale At sixteen, Mina's mother is dead, her magician father is vicious, and her silent heart has never beat with love for anyone—has never beat at all, in fact, but she’d always thought that fact normal. She never guessed that her father cut out her heart and replaced it with one of glass. When she moves to Whitespring Castle and sees its king for the first time, Mina forms a plan: win the king’s heart with her beauty, become queen, and finally know love. The only catch is that she’ll have to become a stepmother. Fifteen-year-old Lynet looks…