Melissa Bashardoust

ONLY ONE CAN BE QUEEN A feminist fantasy fairy tale not to be missed - BookPage Utterly superb - ALA Booklist Dark, fantastical, hauntingly evocative - Kirkus An empowering and progressive original retelling - School Library Journal Sixteen-year-old Mina is motherless, her magician father is vicious, and her silent heart has never beat with love for anyone. In fact, it...

SOMETIMES THE PRINCESS IS THE MONSTER From the author of Girls Made of Snow and Glass, this captivating and utterly original Persian-inspired fairy tale about a girl cursed to be poisonous to the touch is perfect for fans of Natasha Ngan and Naomi Novik. 'Monstrously beautiful and enchanting' - Tasha Suri, author of Empire of Sand There was and there...