Sleeping Beauty's Spindle by Shonna Slayton

Sleeping Beauty's Spindle (Fairy-Tale Inheritance, #5)

by Shonna Slayton

Hidden for generations, Sleeping Beauty's cursed spindle resurfaces...

In 1894 Vermont, Briar Rose is determined to keep her orphaned siblings together. She's set her sights on marrying an ambitious young man to take them out of the cotton mills and back to the Old Country. Trouble is, he no longer cares for her.

Childhood chum Henry Prince would like to step in, but sweet as he is, can’t offer what her family needs.

When a peddler gives Briar a spindle made from fairy wood said to have magical properties, she has a chance to keep her family together. Desperate to increase her production at the mill, she sneaks the spindle onto her spinning frame.

But Briar has no idea of the power she has unleashed. One by one, the mill girls succumb to a sleeping sickness. To save everyone, Briar must find the strength to break the curse and defeat the evil fairy for good.

For in a world where fairies lurk and curses linger, love can bleed like the prick of a finger…

 

Previously published under the title Spindle.

Reviewed by tweetybugshouse on

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This is a unique take on the Story of sleeping beauty it was well done and in some ways i feel more exciting then the original. You got a glimpse into a part of our history in the Industrial Revolution woven up in this story of a magical spindle that can help improve this girls life but it cursed with the spell from Sleeping Beauty. It woven up with fairies, love, and a heroine striving to make something of the life she living. I liked how it not really a retelling but a continuation from the story we all know. Shannon has a great way of weaving a story that you really want to devour.

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