Books from the Backlog #76

 

Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread.  If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks. This meme is hosted by Carole's Random Life in Books!

 

A prince.

A ball.

A glass slipper left behind at the stroke of midnight.

The tale is told and retold, twisted and tweaked, snipped and stretched, as it leads to happily ever after.

But it is not the true Story.

A dark fortress.

A past forgotten.

A life of servitude.

No one has ever broken free of the Godmother’s terrible stone prison until a girl named Pin attempts a breathless, daring escape. But she discovers that what seems to be freedom is a prison of another kind, one that entangles her in a story that leads to a prince, a kiss, and a clock striking midnight. To unravel herself from this new life, Pin must choose between a prince and another—the one who helped her before and who would give his life for her. Torn, the only thing for her to do is trade in the glass slipper for a sword and find her own destiny.

 

I added Ash & Bramble by Sarah Prineas to my TBR pile in September 2015 and there it remains. This book was rocking the fairy tale vibes and I was all over that! It sounded incredible and is still one I want to read at some point! Fairy tales are where I started off with my reading days, they were my first form of magical tales and it evolved into a love of paranormal beings and that spun off into thrillers with monstrous human beings! So fairy tale retellings or books with fairy tale essence always snag my attention!