From the bestselling author ofAnatomy of a Misfitcomes a subversive and feminist take onSleeping Beauty,sure to appeal to fans ofDamselandTo Kill a Kingdom.The dark and deadly world ofHeartlessmeets the empowering twist ofCruel Beautyin this thrilling, unpredictable, multigenre retelling of one of the most beloved fairy tales: where instead of falling asleep to await her prince, this sleeping beauty finally wakes up.Bitsy is no ones ideal princess.Shes heard it all: that its a shame shes so plain, so lacking in grace. That the best thing for her to do is simply wait (and wait some more) and hope some prince will grant her a happy ending.Then Bitsy pricks her finger on a spindle and falls down,down,down.Into a world where cutthroats and con artists are more common than curtsies. Where no one ages and everyone is beautiful. Where an inscrutable evil rests at its core.A land where Bitsys fate and her future are solely in her own handsand neither are what she expects.