The release date for the English version of 'Ash' by
Malinda Lo is Sep 2009. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Cinderella recounted again
Ash is left at the mercy of her harsh stepmother after the death of her father. Rereading the fairy stories her mother used to tell her, illuminated by the fading hearth fire, gives her only moments of happiness among her overwhelming anguish. She imagines that one day the fairies will take her away, just like they are supposed to. She thinks her desire could come true when she encounters the sinister and frightening fairy Sidhean.
Ash's heart starts to shift the day she meets Kaisa, the King's Huntress. With Kaisa, Ash learns how to hunt instead of chasing fairies. Their companionship reawakens Ash's capacity for love and her will to live, even if it is as fragile as a fresh blossom. She needs to decide between genuine love and fairy tale fantasies, however, for Sidhean has already claimed Ash for himself.
Ash is a captivating, powerful, and passionate novel about the relationship between death and isolation, as well as life and love, and how even the most profound loss may lead to change.