The Storyteller and Her Sisters (Beyond the Tales) (U)

Product Description Maybe you've heard a tale about twelve princesses who danced their shoes to pieces. That was only part of our story. Talya would tell you how dark and frightening the cursed forest and enchanted lake were. Vira would be too busy looking after all of us to tell you many details, and Mina would try to give you every fact and figure, even though magic is rarely so logical. Each of my eleven sisters would tell the story a bit differently. And Dastan--well, he'd write a ballad. Or maybe a love song. As for me, I'm the storyteller, so I'm giving you my version. It's about my sisters and me, our father, twelve princes and a cursed country--about a series of misguided champions, one even more misguided fairy godmother, and a great deal of dancing. It's about twelve trapped princesses who decided to take control of their story. I'm Lyra, the ninth princess, and this is how I tell the tale. About the Author Cheryl Mahoney is a fantasy writer, living in California and dreaming of fairylands. She can't remember when she began her love affair with stories, and never goes anywhere (including the grocery store) without a book and a pen. Besides novels, she also writes a book review blog, Tales of the Marvelous (http://marveloustales.com), and is on Goodreads (MarvelousTales) and Twitter (@MarvelousTales). She has been previously published in The Ignatian, and has completed NaNoWriMo twice. Cheryl has looked for faeries in Kensington Gardens, considers Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness Quartet to be life-changing, and has read pretty much everything L. M. Montgomery ever wrote.