Rose & Thorn

This beauty isn’t sleeping! Discover the true story of Sleeping Beauty in Sarah Prineas’s bold YA fairy-tale retelling filled with thrilling adventure and romance, perfect for fans of the Lunar Chronicles and the Girl of Fire and Thorns trilogy.

After the spell protecting her is destroyed, Rose seeks safety in the world outside the valley she had called home. She’s been kept hidden all her life to delay the three curses she was born with—curses that will put her into her own fairy tale and a century-long slumber. Accompanied by Griff, the handsome and mysterious Watcher, and Quirk, his witty and warmhearted partner, Rose tries to escape from the ties that bind her to her story. But will the path they take lead them to freedom, or will it bring them straight into the fairy tale they are trying to avoid?

Set in the world of Sarah Prineas’s Ash & Bramble fifty years later, Rose & Thorn is a powerful retelling of the classic “Sleeping Beauty” tale where the characters fight to find their own happy ever after.

A Sleeping Beauty Retelling: This princess is wide awake and on the run. Rose knows the story she was born into, and she’ll do anything to escape the century-long slumber waiting for her. Forbidden Romance: He’s the handsome Watcher sent to keep an eye on her; she’s the magical girl he can’t resist. As they flee her fate, their dangerous attraction grows stronger. Found Family: To survive, Rose must trust her mysterious guardian, Griff, and his witty partner, Quirk. Together, this unlikely trio must outwit the powerful forces that want to write their ending for them. An Enchanted Forest: Set in a world of grim cities and magical woods fifty years after Ash & Bramble, the journey to freedom is fraught with danger, where even the trees have a will of their own.