Spindle Fire by Lexa Hillyer

Spindle Fire by Lexa Hillyer

It all started with the burning of the spindles.

No.

It all started with a curse. . . .

Half sisters Isabelle and Aurora are polar opposites: Isabelle is the king's headstrong illegitimate daughter, whose sight was tithed by faeries; Aurora, beautiful and sheltered, was tithed her sense of touch and her voice on the same day. Despite their differences, the sisters have always been
extremely close.

And then everything changes with a single drop of Aurora's blood--and a sleep so deep it cannot be broken.

As the faerie queen and her army of Vultures prepare to march, Isabelle must race to find a prince who can awaken her sister with the kiss of true love and seal their two kingdoms in an alliance against the queen.

Isabelle crosses land and sea; unearthly, thorny vines rise up the palace walls; and whispers of revolt travel in the ashes on the wind. The kingdom falls to ruin under layers of snow. Meanwhile, Aurora wakes up in a strange and enchanted world, where a mysterious hunter may be the secret to her escape . . . or the reason for her to stay.

Spindle Fire is a lush fantasy set in the dwindling, deliciously corrupt world of the fae and featuring two truly unforgettable heroines.

Lexa Hillyer is the cofounder of Glasstown Entertainment and the author of Evidence of Forever, Spindle Fire, and Winter Glass, as well as a former YA editor. Lexa is also a prize-winning poet, having earned the Melissa Lanitis Gregory Poetry Prize as well as the Foreword IndieFab Book of the Year Award for her first collection, Acquainted with the Cold. Her poetry has been published in numerous magazines and was anthologized in Best New Poets 2012. She shares a Brooklyn apartment with her husband, daughter, and a slender orange tree. Lexa Hillyer's website is www.lexahillyer.com.