Misrule

Alyce once hoped that loving Princess Aurora could open a different future for them both. Instead, Aurora lies beneath an enchanted sleep, and the kingdom that rejected Alyce has become the territory over which she rules. Her formidable magic can reshape Briar, but it has not given her the one thing she wants most: a way to wake the woman she loves. Determined to undo the curse, Alyce must confront what revenge has made of her and what it might mean for the relationship she still hopes to recover. Power offers few easy answers when the person at the heart of every decision cannot choose alongside her. Misrule concludes the Malice duology, returning to its sapphic Sleeping Beauty retelling through questions of love, responsibility and the uneasy boundary between protection and possession.