![]() I can’t go deeper without going into spoiler territory, but she really does have an excellent character journey.īriar reflects a brilliant hand at worldbuilding. Alyce is made to hate herself, but she fights through this and keeps fighting. She is, at times, selfish, but she has been forged into a weapon, growing up berated for simply being herself. Her voice comes through really powerfully, and she is a powerful woman trapped by circumstance. Let me start by saying I really loved Alyce. ![]() Until she meets the last heir to Briar’s throne, Princess Aurora, trapped under a curse which will kill her within the year. She doesn’t care for anything outside her Lair, content with Callow and simply trying to find a way to escape Briar. Feared and sought by all for her elixirs which, unlike those of her ‘sisters’, contain powerful dark curses. Then there is Alyce, and you may be asking, who the hell is Alyce? Well, I’ll tell you. ![]() There are different types – beauty and pleasure and wisdom. ![]() In Briar, Graces are fairy-blessed, able to create elixirs to allow their patrons a taste of magic. Malice is beautiful and dark and powerful, much like Alyce herself. Heather Walter takes fairy tales and tweaks them, not so much they’re unrecognisable, but enough to separate them from the Disney versions we know and love. ![]() This book deserves every single star, plus more. ![]()
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