From the bestselling author of *Anatomy of a Misfit* comes a subversive and feminist take on Sleeping Beauty, sure to appeal to fans of *Damsel* and *To Kill a Kingdom*. Bitsy is no one’s ideal princess. She’s heard it all: that it’s a shame she’s so plain, so lacking in grace. That the best thing for her to do is simply wait (and wait some more), and hope some prince will grant her a happy ending. Then Bitsy pricks her finger on a spindle and falls down, down, **down**. Into a world where cutthroats and con artists are more common than curtsies. Where no one ages and everyone is beautiful. Where an inscrutable evil rests at its core. A land where Bitsy’s fate and her future are solely in her own hands—and neither are what she expects. **The dark and deadly world of *Heartless *meets the empowering twist of* Cruel Beauty* in this thrilling, unpredictable, multigenre retelling of one of the most beloved fairy tales: where instead of falling asleep to await her prince, this sleeping beauty finally wakes up.******