Briarheart

by Mercedes Lackey

Ebook, 2021

Status

Available

Call number

Fic SF Lackey

Genres

Collections

Read, ebooks, High rated read

Publication

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Description

Fantasy. Folklore. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML: From a beloved fantasy author comes this fresh feminist retelling of Sleeping Beauty about one girl destined for greatness�??and the powerful sister ready to protect her by any means necessary.Miriam may be the daughter of Queen Alethia of Tirendell, but she's not a princess. She's the child of Alethia and her previous husband, the King's Champion, who died fighting for the king, and she has no ambitions to rule. When her new baby sister Aurora, heir to the throne, is born, she's ecstatic. She adores the baby, who seems perfect in every way. But on the day of Aurora's christening, an uninvited Dark Fae arrives, prepared to curse her, and Miriam discovers she possesses impossible power. Soon, Miriam is charged with being trained in both magic and combat to act as chief protector to her sister. But shadowy threats are moving closer and closer to their kingdom, and Miriam's dark power may not be enough to save everyone she loves, let alone herse… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member readinggeek451

A refreshingly different retelling of Sleeping Beauty. Unlike Lackey's other fairy tale retellings, this is neither part of her 500 Kingdoms series nor her Elemental Mages series.

The king's teenage stepdaughter, Miriam, deflects the curse at Princess Aurora's christening, then vows to protect her

baby sister however she can. To this end, she trains as both a knight and a magic user. Her determination, her good heart, and her friends will stand her in good stead in the trails ahead.

Appealing characters and a well-thought out plot make for an enjoyable read for adults and teens.

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LibraryThing member quondame

An easy read. YA special girl and her companions. A strange sucker from the Sleeping Beauty root, with the main character being the baby princess's older half sister. Rather duller than most of the 1000 kingdoms books, but more like them than other books by Mercedes Lackey. The love of the older

sister for the baby is declared over and over, but remains a fact not the feeling core of a story.

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LibraryThing member jjmcgaffey

Lovely. Another new universe, and one I hope we see more of.

LibraryThing member Glennis.LeBlanc

This YA retelling of Sleeping Beauty is certainly a bit different. The main character is Miriam, the older non royal half sister of Aurora. Miriam’s father was the King’s Champion and best friend. When he died the King married his widow and that is how you have a non-royal older sibling. The

kingdom is small, but they do plan for invasions. Miriam is training to be a baker so if they are invaded, she can hide in one of the town bakeries. At Aurora’s christening everything is done to make sure no one is not invited but of course that doesn’t work out when one of the Dark Fey hides from the Kingdom so they don’t know to invite them to the ceremony. Miriam loves her little sister and throws her body in front of the curse being hurled and surprisingly destroys it and doesn’t die in the process. At this point now everyone is full defense mode to protect the baby from the fey that will come back and curse her. Miriam becomes part of her sister’s guard and does some growing up along the way. The book is set up to be the first book in the series but doesn’t leave you hanging at the end. This was an interesting retelling of the story and I’m interested to see where it goes.

Digital review copy provided by the publisher through Edelweiss

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LibraryThing member wyvernfriend

This is a different twist on the Sleeping Beauty story. Miriam is the step daughter of the King, her younger sister is Aurora who is cursed at her cristening si Miriam decides to become her sister's hero. There's a boat load of self-sacrafice, all for family. She discovers things about herself and

finds a path to power where she is a protector`y.
It reads quite teens but it's interesting and I liked the twist on the story.

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