Rich and darkly enchanting, Heart of Snow takes you into a perilous world of fairy tale perfect for fans of Katherine Arden, Naomi Novik, and Madeline Miller.
The Selection is a lie. The five girls chosen each year do not vanish into a life of royal luxury, as most believe. Snow knows this because she knows her aunt Lyric—the Witch-Queen of Cresilea—murderess and usurper.
When the Selection comes to the remote village where Snow has hidden since her father's murder, she puts herself forward, trusting in her scarred face to hide her identity, and enters the castle she fled seven years ago—a place now haunted by unnatural whispers and eerie shadows.
But more is at stake than Snow's revenge, or even the fates of five girls, and she must learn all she can about Lyric's magic—and her own—before it's too late.