A Spindle Splintered

An NPR Best Book of 2021

A Locus Best Book and Editor Favorite of 2021

Shortlisted for the 2022 Hugo Award

A Locus Award Finalist

Shortlisted for the 2022 British Fantasy Award

"A vivid, subversive and feminist reimagining of Sleeping Beauty, where implacable destiny is no match for courage, sisterhood, stubbornness and a good working knowledge of fairy tales." -Katherine Arden, bestselling author of the Winternight trilogy

"An exceptional heroine, smart writing, and a winning plot." -Nancy Pearl

"It's funny, sharp, queer, and deeply loves its source material...This novella pushes against the hopelessness of inevitability; it dares us to believe in sympathetic magic; it tells us we're connected through story. It might dent your heart a little, but it's good fun." -NPR

"Like Into the Spider-Verse for Disney princesses, A Spindle Splintered is a delightful mash-up featuring Alix E. Harrow's trademark beautiful prose and whip-smart characters." -Mike Chen, author of Here and Now and Then

"A wonderfully imaginative, and Queer as hell, tale for those who wish to be the authors of their own stories." -Kalynn Bayron, author of Cinderella is Dead

"This is a self-aware, empowered riff on Sleeping Beauty that manages to be thrilling, funny, smart, and sweet." -Sarah Pinsker, Nebula Award-winning author of A Song for a New Day

"Alix Harrow takes traditional fairy tales, turns them inside out, then upside down, and uses them to kick ass. Brava!" -Ellen Klages, Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author of The Green Glass Sea and Passing Strange

"A Spindle Splintered is a princess story gone rogue. At times sweet and funny, at others bitingly acerbic, this whirlwind tour of fairyland jabs at the old happily-ever-afters - and asks whether we might want more than a prince and a palace."-Kerstin Hall, author of The Border Keeper

"Harrow creates a lush and magical world with well-developed characters who are easy to love and root for." -School Library Journal, starred review

"Themes of female friendship, female strength, and female independence leave good feels behind, not to mention some laugh-out-loud bits...This fairy tale-superhero movie mashup is pure entertainment." -Kirkus Reviews

"Best-selling author Harrow revives and rejuvenates the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale with a feminist twist in her latest... Harrow uses her excellent skill as a storyteller to give agency back to the passive princess." -Booklist

"Accompanied by Arthur Rackham's original illustrations, this quick read is a must for fairy-tale readers." -Buzzfeed, Best Books of October List