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Spindle
A Fantasy Novel by W. R. Gingell
Book 1 of the The Two Monarchies Sequence Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Fairy Tale Retelling,
- Romantic Fantasy,
- Sleeping Curse,
- Memory Loss,
- Enemies to Lovers
This book is for you if you're into...
- Fairytale mashups with Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty twists
- Heroines cursed with magical sleep and memory gaps
- Awkward magical kisses and reluctant romantic tension
A swoony Rapunzel/Sleeping Beauty mashup fairytale retelling in the Two Monarchies Sequence!
What is a maiden to do when her prince is not a prince, her hair won't stop growing, and someone has cursed her to sleep for 300 years?
In Polyhymnia's case, it seems expedient to get up with the help of a kiss or two, trailing her hair behind her, and find out who did it. Nothing quite works out as planned, however. Poly can't be sure if that's because she never seems to be able to remember things like the mysterious spindle that keeps showing up around her, or if it's the fault of the wizard who woke her but never stops long enough to explain anything.
Poly is determined in two things: One, that she will find out who cursed her to sleep and meddled with her memories. Two, that she will absolutely not fall in love with the irritating wizard who seems to need to keep kissing her back into the real world…
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