Briar Blackwood's Grimmest of Fairytales - Softcover

Roderick, Timothy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782799222 ISBN 13: 9781782799221

Publisher: Lodestone Books, 2015

Synopsis

If you want to know what really happened once upon a time, ask Briar Blackwood. Nearly sixteen, cynical and goth, Briar lives a less-than-fairytale life in the home of her rotten foster mother and snarky foster sisters. With her biting wit and deadpan demeanor, the other kids call her Queen of Darkness. All the better for keeping everyone at arm’s distance, she thought. But now she’s screwed up by seriously and inconveniently crushing on the most popular guy at school. And if that isn’t sucky enough, Briar finds herself suddenly thrust into a hidden bloodthirsty world, filled with dark magic, curses, and poisoned spinning wheels where she learns the deadly truth of her identity and the reason she’s never fit in. Can she truly be the fabled Sleeping Beauty? Or has she finally cracked? And, hello! Aren’t elves and fairies supposed to be dainty and adorable? If she wanted to deal with drooling, snapping jaws she could have stayed at home. Now she has to rescue the gorgeous guy that may be her one true love, and stop a wicked queen bent on destroying her. Luckily, being a bad-ass has its perks. With an uncontrollable power rising within her, no one knows for sure if Briar has a happily-ever-after future. But if she can handle the mean-girl clique at school, she can damn well go toe-to-toe with ogres, wolves and wicked witches.

About this title

About the Author:

Briar Blackwood's Grimmest of Fairytales is award-winning author Timothy Roderick's debut novel. He lives amidst the goblins, trolls and enchanted holly-woods in the make-believe world of Los Angeles. Learn more about Timothy and the Briar Blackwood series at briarblackwood.com.

Review:

"A suspenseful, dark, coming of age tale of a teenager who must learn  to navigate between the worlds of everyday life and of Fairy. The language is rich and the enjoyable twists of plot will keep you guessing."

--Ellen Evert Hopman, author of the Priestess of the Forest trilogy of Druid novels

"Timothy Roderick has fashioned an imaginative mashup of plots and characters .... Breathing new life into those old tales, Roderick drops characters such as Sleeping Beauty and the Big Bad Wolf ... right into the middle of modern America, then draws us back into his own magical and amusingly inverted version of the fairy tale world along with them.... Full of wit and irony and with nary a damsel-in-distress in sight."
 
--Laura Perry, author of Ariadne's Thread: Awakening the Wonders of the Ancient Minoans in Our Modern Lives

"Take a journey with Briar Blackwood in this unique and entertaining story written by renowned Wiccan author Timothy Roderick. This debut novel -- the first in a series -- will undoubtedly appeal to adults of all ages whose hearts have a fondness for magic, fantasy, and a dash of darkness."-- Raven Digitalis, author of Shadow Magick Compendium & Goth Craft

"...Ugly Ducklings, Cinderellas, wide-awake Sleeping Beauties, Magical Godparents, and Handsome Princes in disguise will all love Briar's adventures." 

--Barbara Ardinger, Ph.D. (barbaraardinger.com), author of Secret Lives, Pagan Every Day, and other books


"Ancient smashes head-on into modern in Timothy Roderick's strangely clever and enchanting debut young adult/fantasy .... Definitely snarky and weird, sometimes dark, and packed with plenty of extraordinary twists and turns, Roderick has retooled such fairytales as Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella into a suspenseful, wry, modern magical mystery.... Reminiscent and just as entertaining as Mary Janice Davidson... Roderick leaves the door open for more wildly wonderful Briar Blackwood magic!"
--Sirona Knight, author of Faery Magick and The Shapeshifter Tarot

About this edition

• Publisher: Lodestone Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1782799222
• ISBN 13: 9781782799221
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 279