“Waiting On” Wednesdays: Winterspell

Waiting on Wednesdays is a weekly event hosted at Breaking the Spine. The purpose is to spotlight upcoming book releases that we are excited for.

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Winterspell  by Claire Legrand

Hardcover, 464 pages

Publication Date: Sept. 30th 2014
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

ISBN: 9781442465985

Add it: To your TBR Pile or your “Want to Read” list on Goodreads.

The clock chimes midnight, a curse breaks, and a girl meets a prince . . . but what follows is not all sweetness and sugarplums.New York City, 1899. Clara Stole, the mayor’s ever-proper daughter, leads a double life. Since her mother’s murder, she has secretly trained in self-defense with the mysterious Drosselmeyer.

Then, on Christmas Eve, disaster strikes.

Her home is destroyed, her father abducted–by beings distinctly not human. To find him, Clara journeys to the war-ravaged land of Cane. Her only companion is the dethroned prince Nicholas, bound by a wicked curse. If they’re to survive, Clara has no choice but to trust him, but his haunted eyes burn with secrets–and a need she can’t define. With the dangerous, seductive faery queen Anise hunting them, Clara soon realizes she won’t leave Cane unscathed–if she leaves at all.

Inspired by The Nutcracker, Winterspell is a dark, timeless fairy tale about love and war, longing and loneliness, and a girl who must learn to live without fear.

I’ve seen this posted as a WoW for a few other people now, but every time I read the premise I get more intrigued and inspired to read this book! What’s so cool is how much this seems like a fairytale reinterpretation of a classic story. I’m so excited to see the story fleshed out for an older audience, because I have never really seen that done before. What a great choice for the author to make! I can’t wait to check it out.

What are you “waiting on” this week?