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The Kingdom of Sweets
A Fantasy Novel by Erika Johansen
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Dark Fantasy,
- Portal Fantasy,
- Fairy Tale Retelling,
- Sibling Rivalry,
- Christmas
This book is for you if you're into...
- Sister rivalries fueled by envy and supernatural bargains
- Dark retellings of classic holiday tales with magical politics
- Alternate worlds where power comes with a deadly price
Twin sisters, divided by envy and magic, set against one another on a fateful Christmas Eve. Light and dark—this is the cursed birthright placed upon Clara and Natasha by their godfather, Drosselmeyer, whose power and greed hold an entire city in his sway.
Charming Clara, the favorite, grows into a life of beauty and ease, while ignored and unloved Natasha is relegated to her sister's shadow.
But the opportunity for revenge announces itself one Christmas Eve, when Drosselmeyer arrives at their family gala with the Nutcracker, an enchanted gift that offers entry into an alternate world: the Kingdom of Sweets.
Following Clara into the glittering land of snow and sugar, Natasha discovers a source of power far greater than Drosselmeyer: the Sugar Plum Fairy, who offers her own wondrous gifts . . . and deadly bargains.
But as Natasha unspools the truth about a dark destiny crafted long before her birth, she must reckon with forces both earthly and magical, human and diabolical, and decide to which world she truly belongs.
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