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Paperback Ash Book

ISBN: 031604010X

ISBN13: 9780316040105

Ash

(Book #1 in the Ash #.5 Series)

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Book Overview

The haunting, romantic lesbian retelling of Cinderella and modern queer classic by award-winning author Malinda Lo--now with an introduction by Holly Black, a letter from the author, a Q&A, and more

In the wake of her father's death, Ash is left at the mercy of her cruel stepmother. Consumed with grief, her only joy comes by the light of the dying hearth fire, rereading the fairy tales her mother once told her. In her dreams, someday the fairies will steal her away. When she meets the dark and dangerous fairy Sidhean, she believes that her wish may be granted.

The day that Ash meets Kaisa, the King's Huntress, her heart begins to change. Instead of chasing fairies, Ash learns to hunt with Kaisa. Their friendship, as delicate as a new bloom, reawakens Ash's capacity for love--and her desire to live. But Sidhean has already claimed Ash for his own, and she must make a choice between fairy tale dreams and true love.

Entrancing and empowering, Ash beautifully unfolds the connections between life and love, and solitude and death, where transformation can come from even the deepest grief.

Customer Reviews

13 customer ratings | 6 reviews

Rated 5 stars
Great YA fantasy

Really great retelling of cinderella, drawing more on folk beliefs and Irish mythology and the original cinderella story, with a really nice twist on the 'fairy godmother' and a F/F romance.

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Rated 5 stars
Love is love- selfless

I haven’t read it yet but I would like to say to whoever wrote the beautiful note about loving who you love. I hope you somehow see this and I hope you’re loved ❤️

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Rated 5 stars
Incredible book!!

My book just arrived in the mail earlier today, and I sat down to read it immediately, and then I blinked, and it was over, and I felt peaceful and content and a little sad that it was over, but happy with how it ended. When you see "Cinderella re-telling," don't be turned away like I almost was! The connections are clear in some places, but the love story is not at all Cinderella-like. They actually get to know each other...

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Rated 5 stars
From Judith at J. Kaye's Book Blog

Aisling, who goes by Ash in this book, loses her mother at a young age. If her mother had lived, Ash would have learned of fairies and the ways of the greenwitch. Her father didn't believe in such things and neither did her step-mother, closing the door on that path. After her father's death, Ash lost her place as daughter and was moved into the servant's quarters to pay off his debt. Her only solace was the woods, but she...

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Rated 5 stars
Gorgeous fairy tale

I really love re-tellings of classic fairy tales if they are done well, and this is my favorite since Pamela Dean's Tam Lin. Ash is the Cinderella in the story, and all the elements are there. Magic, fairies, a wicked selfish stepmother, and a Prince who only figures into the story for a moment. It's a coming of age story, as Ash, who is alone and orphaned makes friends with a fairy who is fascinated with her for reasons...

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