A luminous fairy tale, sharp as teeth and full of heart. I devoured every word of this magical tale. Rebecca Ross, #1New York Timesbestselling author ofDivine RivalsandRuthless Vows.
In the dark heart of the Forest Grimm, lurks the Wolf, an omen of demise for seventeen-year-old Clara. Ignoring her grandmother's ominous divinations, she is determined to brave the dangers of the forest in order to retrieveSortes Fortunae, an enchanted book with the power to lift the curse plaguing her village and maybe even save her mother.
Sortes Fortunaewas once used by the villagers to obtain their deepest desires&until someone used it to kill. Its magic tainted, the creeping branches of the Forest Grimm snatched the book away and doomed the village to destruction. Every attempt to make amends with the forest proved disastrous, and whenever someone crossed its dark border, they were swallowed whole.
Desperate to break the curse, Clara and Axel, her closest companion, brave the shadow-strewn forest. But the Forest Grimmalive with sinister, deadly twists on some of our most well-known fairy taleshas a mind of its own, and each twist and turn will test not only their courage, but also the strength of their bond.
A sumptuous tale of love and survival in this beguiling journey. Publishers Weekly
KATHRYN PURDIE is the #1
New York Timesbestselling author of the
Burning Glassseries and the
Bone Crier's Moonduology. Trained in classical acting, she studied in England and met her husband when they were cast opposite each other in a Shakespeare play. They now live in Utah with their children and a tiny dog. Kathryn also writes songs on her guitar for each of her stories and shares them on her website.
The Forest Grimmpays homage to her lifelong obsession with fairy tales and folklore.
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