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Ash by Malinda Lo – Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Database

Ash by Malinda Lo

Cinderella retold

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. In her dreams, someday the fairies will steal her away, as they are said to do. When she meets the dark and dangerous fairy Sidhean, she believes that her wish may be granted.

The day that Ash meets Kaisa, the King’s Huntress, her heart begins to change. Instead of chasing fairies, Ash learns to hunt with Kaisa. Though their friendship is as delicate as a new bloom, it reawakens Ash’s capacity for love-and her desire to live. But Sidhean has already claimed Ash for his own, and she must make a choice between fairy tale dreams and true love.

Entrancing, empowering, and romantic, Ash is about the connection between life and love, and solitude and death, where transformation can come from even the deepest grief.

Representation Includes

  • Sapphic protagonist

Awards

  • Short-listed for the Gaylactic Spectrum Award
  • Nominated for the Locus Award for Best First Novel, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature, Otherwise Award

Reviews

Where to Find

Details

  • Published September 1st 2009 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  • Hardcover (ISBN13: 9780316040099)
  • Paperback isbn13: 9780340988374

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