Book & Author Details:
Blood,
Milk, and Chocolate
by Cameron
Jace
(The
Grimm Diaries #3)
Publication
date: January 19th 2015
Genres: Fairy
Tales, Fantasy, Young Adult
Synopsis:
I
have been accused of being malicious and evil.
I, the Snow White Queen, have a story to tell.
The true story and what has really happened. How it all happened. Why the Brothers Grimm altered the truth, letting you think it was a fairy tale. When and how the tale took place. And above all, why I did what I did. Why you haven’t been told the truth for centuries. The truth about me and the truth about the not-so-innocent Snow White.
I, the Snow White Queen, have a story to tell.
The true story and what has really happened. How it all happened. Why the Brothers Grimm altered the truth, letting you think it was a fairy tale. When and how the tale took place. And above all, why I did what I did. Why you haven’t been told the truth for centuries. The truth about me and the truth about the not-so-innocent Snow White.
Here
is my side of the story. You will never look at Snow White the same
way again.
Excerpt:
The
day I was born, a single red apple grew on a juniper tree in our
castle's garden.
A
Blood Apple.
It
was a rare fruit; the most sought after in Europe at the time. An
apple of unmatched sweetness and unearthly ripeness. Some claimed it
could cure the sick and enrich the poor, grant children to the
sterile, and keep the soul guarded from demonic possessions. Its
rarity and taste made it comparable with gold and diamonds, if they
were edible. There was a well-known saying: "A
Blood Apple a day keeps all Sorrow away."
Few people knew why the word "sorrow" had always been
capitalized in this sentence. I learned why many years later.
The
single, delicious Blood Apple that grew on my birthday was even
rarer. This one was the first
to
grow in my homeland, Styria, in seven years.
A
nameless witch—we did not speak her name—had cursed my homeland
in Western Europe many years before. Every time a tree gave birth to
an apple, it came out grey, rotten, and infested with worms. No
amount of magic or prayers managed to lift up the curse. They said
the witch was the mother of all witches, that she was darker than the
darkest shades of night. For reasons beyond me, she had cursed us
with no intention to relieve us from her wicked omen, ever.
All
of this changed the day I blossomed from my mother's womb into this
life. No one knew how it was possible, or why it happened. Everyone
said I was going to be a special princess who'd prosper and grow and
maybe rule Styria one day.
The
servants in our castle drooled at the sight of the single red and
ripe apple. They stared at it as if it were the fountain of youth
that could quench their thirst and wet their seven-years-long dried
souls. Some of the servants sank to their knees and thanked Pomona,
the Goddess of Fruits whom no one had ever seen, for her blessings.
But
only fools thanked Pomona, for the rest of our land knew it was me
who had saved them. I possessed the power to defy "the witch
whose name we don't speak."
The
birth of me, Carmilla Karnstein, daughter of Theodora and Philip II,
was a miracle like no other in centuries. I came to this world with a
revelation, a sign, and some kind of rapture: the
first Blood Apple in seven years.
Little
did I know then that it wasn't a lucky coincidence, that I wasn't
just a fairy tale made up by the poor and wishful peasants of Europe.
How would I have known that I was part of the universe's plan in an
eternal feud between good and evil?
The
arrival of a beautiful child, the blossoming of apples, and the end
of a curse were only a prelude to an epic tale of love and sorrow.
Author's Bio
Wonderlander,
Neverlander, Unicorn-chaser, enchanter, musician, survived a
coma, & totally awesome. Sometimes I tell stories. Always
luv the little monsters. I write young adult paranormal romance,
urban fantasy, and science fiction mostly. The Grimm Diaries
series is a seven book saga that deals with retellings of
fairy tales from a young adult POV - it connects most of the
fairy tales together and claims to be the truth about fairy
tales. I live in San Fransisco and
seriously think circles are way cooler than triangles.
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I really adore the colors used in this cover. Her eyes are amazing!
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