

Hannah West is an American author of The Nissera Chronicles, a young adult fantasy series that includes Kingdom of Ash and Briars and Realm of Ruins. There are princesses to protect, royal alliances to forge, and fierce monsters to battle-all with the hope of preserving peace.īuilding on homages to Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Jane Austen’s Emma, and the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, Hannah West makes a spectacular and wholly original debut. Together, Bristal and Brack must guard the three kingdoms of Nissera against Tamarice’s black elicromancy. Bristal finds out that she is an elicromancer and that with that magic. This is the story of a kitchen maid, Bristal, and how she became the most important woman in all the kingdom.

Bristal, a sixteen-year-old kitchen maid, finds herself in a gritty fairy tale gone wrong when she discovers she has magic in her blood.

Bristal joins the ranks of Brack and Tamarice without knowing that one of them has a dark secret…Tamarice is plotting a quest to overthrow the realm’s nobility and take charge herself. History might be whittled down until all that remains are shining fables of fairy magic and curse-defying kisses. Welcome to Nissera, land of three kingdoms and home to spectacular magic. Elicromancers are an ancient breed of immortal people, but only two remain in Nissera after a bloody civil war. A stunning fantasy debut novel woven together from familiar fairy tales, complete with cursed princesses, thieves-turned-soldiers, and a heroine destined for great and powerful magic.īristal, a sixteen-year-old kitchen maid, lands in a fairy tale gone wrong when she discovers she has elicromancer magic in her blood. Kingdom of Ash and Briars by Hannah West Paperback Pages: 360 Size: 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 USD: 9.99 ISBN: 9780823440054 Publication Date: SeptemAge: 12 and up Guided Reading Level: Z+ Themes: Fantasy, Fractured Fairy Tales, Good Vs.
