*mutter* remember what I said earlier about my desire to whap people over the heads with their sequels? Well, this one falls into whapping category. Every sentence of this story is perfectly crafted and perfectly positioned to create an amusingly creepy story with a satisfying ending and memorable characters.Īnd then there just had to be a sequel. Enter a wicked plan, complete with princes and frogs, an abused but courageous Trueheart, and a very wicked stepsister indeed. Unfortunately, even a powerful sorceress needs money when she's going to buy a marvelous velvet dress with skulls from the Ancient Crones. We begin with the Lady Lamorna, a wicked sorceress, who has decided she needs a new dress - and not just any new dress, a marvelous new dress decorated with skulls. It was deliciously creepy, delightfully wicked, and tartly sweet. I tend to forget things like that) and decided to read it for myself. Until I saw a very enticing blog review of it (sorry, I forgot where. I bought it a couple years ago, I think the title and description appealed to me, and tossed it on the shelf and that was it. This is a marvelously gothic gem of a book.
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