I have no idea what is going to happen next, but I can tell you that I’m looking forward to finding out! Malice is the first installment of what will be a two part series. It’s actually a concept I wouldn’t mind seeing explored in further detail.
It helped to explain the motivations of many different characters – not just the main ones. The whole concept of Graces/Dark Graces was really fascinating.
And I once had a man tell me his own rose garden smelled too nice and was attracting bees.” “Dragon’s teeth, she’s even worse than the others. Since I’m pretty sick of those themes, it was such a delight to see! And I know I’m not the only one out there that will feel that way. The best part of this novel is that it subverts so many different classic fairytale elements. But once everything falls into place…that is where the story really starts picking up. It takes even longer before Aurora comes onto the scene. It takes a while to really understand and appreciate what Alyce is trying to tell us.
Malice is, at the start, a bit of a slow-burning read. That is only part of the reason why I enjoyed Malice so much, but it certainly didn’t hurt. I think it makes them feel less the villain.”įirst, can I just say that I love novels written from the perspective of the ‘villain?’ Especially when their perspective forces us to look at them through a different light. “New patrons are always so grateful when I offer suggestions. She stands a better chance than most, since it was a similar magic that created the curse in the first place. Now Alyce is racing against time, desperately seeking to find a cure to save Aurora. She treated Alyce with kindness when everyone else treated her with fear and disgust. Aurora changed the way she saw the world.
She’s never had any reason to care about the royalty, or really anybody else. It was just the way things were.įor her whole life, Alyce didn’t care either. Every princess was doomed to die, but for the most part, people didn’t care. Once upon a time, there was a witch, and she cursed the royal line. The story starts, as all fairy tales do, with a ‘Once upon a time…’ The rest of the story refuses to follow that tradition. If so, then look no further! Malice, written by Heather Walter, is the book for you. Are you looking for a dark retelling of Sleeping Beauty? (Well, the Disney version of Sleeping Beauty, that is.
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