Wild and Wishful, Dark and Dreaming: The Worlds of Alethea Kontis
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (614 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1942541295 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 252 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Both Enchanted and its sequel, Hero, were nominated for the Andre Norton Award. She makes the best baklava you’ve ever tasted and sleeps with a teddy bear named Charlie.You can find Princess Alethea on her YouTube channel, all the social media, and at her website: aletheakontis. Enchanted was nominated for the Audie Award in 2013 and was selected for World Book Night in 2014. (If forced to choose between all these things, she says middle schools are her favorite!) Born
A garage band composed of misfit teen weres. Things that never were, things that might be, and things that may yet come to pass… A monster under the bed. The birth of an angel and a demon. A dark secret in Harlan County, Kentucky. Within these pages, New York Times bestselling author Alethea Kontis creates worlds of delight and despair, whimsy and wickedness. ***** "A veritable badass fairy princess." --Jim Butcher "Alethea Kontis IS fairy tales." --Jim C. A Rock God in deep space. The colorful menagerie of stories and poems in this collection will transport you to the magical and dangerous places you always knew might exist—somewhere, somehow—once upon a time. A haunted castle in post-war Germany. Hines, author of Libriomancer "Alethea Kontis: Awesome, racks up award nominations, wears tiaras." --SF author Ferrett Steinmetz "I want to live in Alethea's head because I think that might be the most interesting place in the world!!!!" --Ellen Oh, author of Prophecy "Alethea Kontis, the woman who writes like Shakespeare would if he were alive today." --Aaron Pound "The beauty of a princess, the confidence of a queen, the brilliance of a writer, and the demea
The Sundays said Enjoyable and a wonderful addition to your collection.. As always I loved this book. I find that no matter what genre Ms. Kontis writes I am happy to read it. From kids books, fairy tales to fantasy she has yet to let me down. You won't regret picking up this book to add to your collection. I know I haven't.. Dark, Twisty, and Fun, Fun, Fun! Amanda @ Fangirls Read It First The stories in this book are wildly different and yet oddly similar. The recurring themes seem to be relationships and magic. The majority of the stories are dark and twisty, in the very best sense. Some of them connect, and some do not. All of them are deljghtful and have elements of magic entwined. There is a story for everyone - alien encounters, romance and revenge, beautiful poems, tragic hauntings, angels, witchcraft, and much, much more. If you enjoy fractured fairy tales, and unexpected twists - and don't mind some blood here and there -. LexySky said The title is absolutely fitting!. Not your typical Alethea Kontis book. Nothing of the light and enchanted story telling, no glitter and sunny and funny and smiles. Sci-Fi instead of fairytales, very different and still so very good! The very first story shocked me deeply and I had to take a break to breathe while my head was playing a movie for me wow! And then she goes off to foreign lands, with very interesting and very exotic creatures (fell in love with Elvis, by the way), compelling and suspenseful stories that make you involuntarily read faster This one's for grown-ups de
Her short fiction, essays, and poetry have appeared in a myriad of anthologies and magazines. Tales of Arilland, a short story collection set in the same fairy tale world, won a second Gelett Burgess Award in 2015. In 2015, she gave a keynote address at the Lewis Carroll Society’s Alice150 Conference in New York City, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Princess Alethea was given the honor of speaking about fairy tales at the Library of Congress in 2013. About the Author New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Alethea Kontis is a princess, a fairy godmother, and a geek.