- Fiction, Stepfamilies, Fairies, Hunting
In the wake of her father's 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.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Grave, classical in form, earnest and intimate.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
YesNoUnclear
Reviews
No reviews yet.
About the book
- Author
- Malinda Lo
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 268
- Publisher
- Turtleback Books, Hodder Children's Books, Hachette
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780606151252
Where to read
Libraries first: a card gets you most books for nothing. Each opens that service’s page for this title.
On Open Library, 9 have read it and 64 want to.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
Girl, Serpent, Thorn 202085% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, earnest.
Los Cristales Sonadores 195083% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, earnest.
Both grave, classical in form, earnest.
The secret life of bees 200083% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, grave.
Orphan train 201282% alikeBoth classical in form, grave, earnest.- The Midnight Train 202682% alikeBoth grave, earnest, classical in form.
Both classical in form, grave, earnest.
News of the World 201681% alikeBoth classical in form, grave, earnest.
Junior Bonner 197285% alikeFilm · Both grave, classical in form, earnest.
Suite Française 201584% alikeFilm · Both grave, classical in form, earnest.