![]() ![]() Alyce flees, but Aurora runs after her and Alyce is shocked at how down-to-earth the princess is. ![]() When Alyce decides to attend a masquerade ball despite not being invited, she is outed as the dark fairy by one of Princess Aurora’s failed and jealous suitors. Known as the Dark Grace, Alyce is the last descendant of a type of fae known as the Vila, and her relationship with the other fae is complicated-some avoid her, all fear her and most are willing to throw her under the bus. ![]() The Graces can create beauty and light, but Alyce’s magic seems to produce only ugliness and pain. The fae, known as Graces, are kept as magical servants for cold-blooded mortal nobles. Walter’s immersive world building plunges readers into the Briar Kingdom, built on a system of inequality and discrimination. Heather Walter’s debut novel, Malice, transforms the familiar fairytale of Sleeping Beauty into a captivating fantasy romance between the storybook Princess Aurora and the dark sorceress Alyce. ![]()
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