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    Spindle Fire
    Spindle Fire
    Spindle Fire
    Audiobook8 hours

    Spindle Fire

    Written by Lexa Hillyer

    Narrated by Fiona Hardingham

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    “As the truths behind the faerie legends were revealed, I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.”—Kendare Blake, author of New York Times bestselling novel Three Dark Crowns

    “Absorbing. Poetic. Lexa Hillyer draws the walls between dreams and reality with shimmering grace and phrases of such beauty I had to read many of them twice.” —Jodi Lynn Anderson, author of Tiger Lily

    “With its engaging heroines and delicious prose, Spindle Fire pulled me into a richly detailed world full of intrigue and magic.” —Amy Ewing, New York Times bestselling author of the Lone City trilogy

    Half sisters Isabelle and Aurora are polar opposites: Isabelle is the king’s headstrong illegitimate daughter, whose sight was tithed by faeries; Aurora, beautiful and sheltered, was tithed her sense of touch and voice on the same day. Despite their differences, the sisters have always been extremely close.

    And then everything changes, with a single drop of Aurora’s blood, a Faerie Queen who is preparing for war, a strange and enchanting dream realm—and a sleep so deep it cannot be broken.

    Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Leigh Bardugo, Spindle Fire is a tour-de-force fantasy set in the dwindling, deliciously corrupt world of the fae and featuring two truly unforgettable heroines.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateApr 11, 2017
    ISBN9780062661807
    Author

    Lexa Hillyer

    Lexa Hillyer is the cofounder of Glasstown Entertainment, a former YA editor, and the author of Proof of Forever and the Spindle Fire duology. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their daughter. www.lexahillyer.com

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    • 3/5
      Well, this is certainly an original take on the Sleeping Beauty mythos -- one where the fairies tithe abilities away, so in exchange for beauty and gracefulness, Aurora loses her voice. In exchange for Aurora's life, her sister loses her sight.

      The strengths -- a very excellent and engaging and capable blind main character, also a mute one. The wonderful bond between the sisters. The weaknesses -- another series, this one set up to mirror the larger dysfunctional family relationship that governs the bigger political picture. I'm just not that interested in watching the drama Isabella and Aurora's relationship will inevitably go through, and the pacing drags. The dreaming world is confusing, the waking one is full of beings being awful to each other just because they can.

      It's a perfectly fine YA series, just not one I care to pick up again.

      Advanced reader's copy provided by Edelweiss.
    • 2/5
      Kinda meh on this one. I like the ideas around the retelling but there are a lot of plot holes and the characters disabilities were not always handled that well logistically, which I found frustrating. I might check out the next one in the series if my library picks up the audiobook.
    • 1/5
      I have never heard a retelling ( esp. of Maleficent and Aurora) that has been so poorly written in all my life, I li d I just did. This story is so pieces together with so many cliche references news to obvious parts of so many predictable ANC After School Specials. It sucked. I couldn’t even get through it. I tossed it off my balcony and did not even worry about trying to find it. Pure rubbish
    • 2/5
      I really wanted to like this book because I love Sleeping Beauty, and I tried, but I just couldn't get into the characters and that ending Really let me down. I know there's a second book, but I'm left with so many questions and frustrations that I don't know if I can read it.
    • 3/5
      Spindle Fire is a retelling of Sleeping Beauty. The story is about Princess Aurora and her illegitimate sister, Isabelle. Isabelle had been sent to a convent after Aurora almost had an accident. But, Aurora followed her just to fall into a deep sleep after accidentally pricking herself from a spindle. Isabelle learned what happened to her sister, and she tried everything to wake her up and to reverse the spell.I really like the plot, but the writing ruined it to me. I enjoyed the first few parts since it was all about the closeness of two really different sisters. The only problem I met was as I flip more pages, the scene that I imagine while reading it suddenly became blurred, and it took away my interest. It also took me longer to finish this book because it keeps on dragging me out of the story.Second, the romance is uninteresting to me. It didn’t even make me love and ship the characters. I think the chemistry was just not good enough or maybe, the narration was not very convincing on my part.Lastly, the world-building is a complex one. It is confusing to me. It is like someone putting all the ingredients in a pot without following the correct procedure, and in the result, it ends up having a bad taste.Despite all that, the relationship between Aurora and Isabelle as a sister is what I love the most in this story. Even if Aurora cannot speak and has no sense of touch while Isabelle is blind, their bond is really something. Their inabilities never stop them from expressing themselves. I really learned a lot from them. If I try applying it in life, I can say they represent two people who understand one another despite being from a different country and cultures.Overall, this is interesting enough to read, especially if you like a fairy tale retelling. If you want to discover a book that shows a sister relationship, then pick this up and give this a shot.
    • 1/5
      I've given this book almost 50% and not a single thing has held my attention. So, alas, to the DNF pile it goes.
    • 5/5
      Spindle FireByLexa HillyerWhat it's all about...What a fascinating book this was! Two sisters are the heart and soul of this book. It was also a sort of a combination of a number of fairytales. To me it had a touch of Rumpelstiltskin...although the actual Rumpelstiltskin was never in the story. A great golden spinning wheel was in the story and was the cause of one sister’s troubles. There was also a teensy bit of a powerful sleeping sickness...and I am almost positive there was a tower! However...the princess who was sleeping was actually awake...sort of! Ok...let me break this down a bit...two sisters...who had really important attributes taken away from them at birth and kingdoms that are being destroyed by a horrible fairy Queen...and this fairy queen has a sister, too. The good sisters are trying to save themselves as well as everyone else. Let’s also toss in some princes...both dead and alive...some ordinary boys and a narwhal or two! That’s the jist of this book! I really don’t want to share much more...it’s much better when you read it. There is much to absorb and think about. Why I wanted to read it...I wanted to read this book because the sisters...Isbe and Aurora...were on a quest! There was danger! They had to struggle! It was fascinating. They had to actually figure out how to exist with their own disabilities. They became strong because of this...strong and brave. What made me truly enjoy this book...The writing and the adventure made this book a unique page turner. I loved the alternating chapters highlighting each adventure that presented itself to the sisters.Why you should read it, too...I happen to be a reader who adores these fairytale variations. If you are this same kind of reader...you will love this book and it’s upcoming sequel. I received an advance reader’s copy in exchange for my honest review. My copy came from the publisher through Edelweiss. I then read it on my Kindle Oasis.