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Emily Woo Zeller
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Heather Walter
About this listen
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the wickedest of them all? Snow White’s dark queen tells her side of the story in the first book of a queer, witchy duology that reimagines the classic fairy tale—from the author of Malice.
“An alluring, vengeful origin story that brings tremendous dimension to a classic fairytale.”—Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of Immortal Longings
Legends tell of a witch who became a queen—the heartless villain in the story of Snow White.
But now the wicked queen is stepping out of Snow White’s shadow to become the heroine of her own legend.
Her real “once upon a time” begins when she is just Ayleth, a young witch who lives in the forest with her coven. The witches practice their magic in secret, hiding from the White King and his brutal war against witchcraft.
Ayleth, however, faces a war of her own. Her magical gifts have yet to reveal themselves, and as the threat of the Royal Huntsmen intensifies, Ayleth fears she will never become the witch her coven needs.
To prove herself, Ayleth sets out on a perilous quest that sends her to the White Palace, a decadent world of drama and deceit. There, Ayleth encounters an unlikely figure from her past: Jacquetta, a witch who once held Ayleth’s heart—and betrayed her.
As events at the palace escalate, Ayleth finds herself caught in the web of the White King, whose dark charisma is as dangerous as the sinister force that seems to be haunting the palace—and perhaps even Ayleth herself. With the threat of discovery looming, Ayleth and Jacquetta must set aside the wounds of their past and work together to survive.
As she uncovers the secrets of the White Court—and those of her own heart—Ayleth must find the strength to transform into someone she never imagined she could be.
A powerful witch, the very wickedest of them all.
Book One in The Crimson Crown series.
©2024 Heather Walter (P)2024 Random House AudioListeners also enjoyed...
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Critic reviews
“Beautiful and gloriously poisonous, The Crimson Crown will enthrall you.”—Tasha Suri, World Fantasy Award-winning author of The Jasmine Throne
“An alluring, vengeful origin story as you’ve never seen before. The Crimson Crown brings tremendous dimension to a classic fairytale, ushering in the darkness you’ve always craved.”—Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of Immortal Longings
“Walter’s deeply rooted point of view never falters and is supported by intricate world-building and a history of family, love, and betrayal—and the prices paid for each.”—Sara A. Mueller, author of The Bone Orchard
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In a different life, under a different name, Razia Khan was raised to be the crown prince of Nizam, the most powerful kingdom in Daryastan. Born with the soul of a woman, she ran away at a young age to escape her father’s hatred and live life true to herself. Among the hijras of Bikampur, Razia finds sisterhood and discovers a new purpose in life. By day she’s one of her dera’s finest dancers and by night its most profitable thief. But when her latest target leads her to cross paths with Arjun Agnivansha, prince of Bikampur, it is she who has something stolen.
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Very colorful world
- By Anonymous User on 05-17-20
By: Alina Boyden
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Fireborne
- The Aurelian Cycle, Book 1
- By: Rosaria Munda
- Narrated by: Christian Coulson, Candice Moll, Steve West
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Annie and Lee were just children when a brutal revolution changed their world, giving everyone—even the lowborn—a chance to test into the governing class of dragonriders. Now, they are both rising stars in the new regime, despite backgrounds that couldn't be more different. Annie's lowborn family was executed by dragonfire, while Lee's aristocratic family was murdered by revolutionaries. Growing up in the same orphanage forged their friendship, and seven years of training have made them rivals for the top position in the dragonriding fleet.
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Look up what Dystopian means
- By Kindle Customer on 12-11-23
By: Rosaria Munda
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Thief Liar Lady
- A Novel
- By: D. L. Soria
- Narrated by: Zura Johnson
- Length: 18 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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My transformation from a poor, orphaned scullery maid into the enchantingly mysterious lady who snagged the heart of the prince did not happen—as the rumors insisted—in a magical metamorphosis of pumpkins and glass slippers. On the first evening of the ball, I didn’t meekly help my “evil” stepmother and stepsisters primp and preen or watch forlornly out the window as their carriage rolled off toward the palace. I had other preparations to make.
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Too wordy
- By JilliBean on 02-02-24
By: D. L. Soria
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The Witch Queen
- The Crimson Crown Duology, Book 2
- By: Heather Walter
- Length: 15 hrs
- Unabridged
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The sequel to The Crimson Crown, in which Ayleth, once a talentless witch cast out by her coven, has embraced her dark destiny and vows revenge on all who have wronged her; Jacquetta battles her loyalty between her coven and her heart; and Blodwyn seeks to unravel a mystery at the heart of her family.
By: Heather Walter
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The Dissonance
- A Novel
- By: Shaun Hamill
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 17 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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"You can never go home again," the saying goes—but Hal, Athena, and Erin have to. In high school, the three were students of the eccentric Professor Marsh, trained in a secret system of magic known as the Dissonance, which is built around harnessing negative emotions: alienation, anger, pain. Then, twenty years ago, something happened that shattered their coven, scattering them across the country, stuck in mundane lives, alone. But now, terrifying signs and portents (not to mention a pointed Facebook invite) have summoned them back to Clegg, Texas.
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The Dissonance - An amazing new urban fantasy horror novel that grabs your heart and doesn’t let go.
- By Jesse LaCrue on 11-24-24
By: Shaun Hamill
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Small Magic
- Short Fiction, 1977-2020
- By: Terry Brooks
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Mark Deakins, John Lee, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Escape to worlds full of adventure and magic in the first-ever Terry Brooks short story collection, featuring both new and fan-favorite stories from all three of his major literary worlds: Shannara, Magic Kingdom, and The Word and the Void.
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Wonderful
- By Garry on 03-11-21
By: Terry Brooks
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All the Seas of the World
- By: Guy Gavriel Kay
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 18 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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On a dark night along a lonely stretch of coast a small ship sends two people ashore. Their purpose is assassination. They have been hired by two of the most dangerous men alive to alter the balance of power in the world. If they succeed, the consequences will affect the destinies of empires, and lives both great and small.
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Generally I love Kay’s work
- By Eliza on 08-01-22
By: Guy Gavriel Kay
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A Perfect Shadow [Dramatized Adaptation]
- The Night Angel Trilogy
- By: Brent Weeks
- Narrated by: full cast, Dylan Lynch, David Coyne, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Original Recording
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Gaelan Starfire is a farmer, happy to be a husband and a father; a careful, quiet, simple man. He’s also an immortal, peerless in the arts of war. Over the centuries, he’s worn many faces to hide his gift, but he is a man ill-fit for obscurity and all too often he’s become a hero, his very names passing into legend: Acaelus Thorne, Yric the Black, Hrothan Steelbender, Tal Drakkan, Rebus Nimble.
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music and sound effects too loud
- By Meihswei on 03-21-22
By: Brent Weeks
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The Grey Bastards
- A Novel
- By: Jonathan French
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 17 hrs and 47 mins
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Jackal and his fellow half-orcs patrol the barren wastes of the Lot Lands, spilling their own damned blood to keep civilized folk safe. A rabble of hard-talking, hog-riding, whore-mongering brawlers they may be, but the Bastards are Jackal's sworn brothers, fighting at his side in a land where there's no room for softness.
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Even for a fantasy book, this isn't believable.
- By Vi on 06-24-18
By: Jonathan French
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Bonds of Brass
- The Bloodright Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Emily Skrutskie
- Narrated by: James Fouhey
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Ettian's life was shattered when the merciless Umber Empire invaded his world. He's spent seven years putting himself back together under its rule, joining an Umber military academy and becoming the best pilot in his class. Even better, he's met Gal - his exasperating and infuriatingly enticing roommate who's made the academy feel like a new home.
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I didn't like it, but your mileage may vary
- By Zell Oakley on 04-15-20
By: Emily Skrutskie
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Lucy Undying
- A Dracula Novel
- By: Kiersten White
- Narrated by: Nicky Endres, Linda Jones, Elizabeth Knowelden, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
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Her name was written in the pages of someone else’s story: Lucy Westenra was one of Dracula’s first victims. But her death was only the beginning. Lucy rose from the grave a vampire and has spent her immortal life trying to escape from Dracula’s clutches—and trying to discover who she really is and what she truly wants.
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Why invent a fictional Utah based cult when we have a perfectly evil cult that runs the state?
- By Audrey Leiker on 11-03-24
By: Kiersten White
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Rewitched
- By: Lucy Jane Wood
- Narrated by: Evie Hargreaves
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Belladonna Blackthorn hasn’t lost her magical spark, precisely . . . but she hasn’t seen it in a while either. With her witchcraft under wraps and a toxic boss making her days miserable, Belle is struggling to keep her beloved Lunar Books afloat and just make it through the day. The last thing she has time for is perfecting her magic. So when her thirtieth birthday brings a summons from her coven and a trial that tests her worthiness as a witch, Belle fears the worst.
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The narrator is amazing!
- By Anna on 12-27-24
By: Lucy Jane Wood
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The Wolf
- By: Leo Carew
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 16 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Ready or not, Roper has been thrust into a position of leadership that he's woefully ill prepared for. Now, a massive army approaches from the south, old allies turn against him, and new rivals seek to undermine his rule. Facing attack from within and without, Roper must forge reckless alliances, no matter the cost, to save his kingdom.
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I tried, I regret it.
- By Kilo rev's on 06-26-20
By: Leo Carew
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The Bright Sword
- A Novel of King Arthur
- By: Lev Grossman
- Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith, Lev Grossman
- Length: 23 hrs and 10 mins
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A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a place at the Round Table, only to find that he’s too late. King Arthur died two weeks ago at the Battle of Camlann, and only a handful of the knights of the Round Table are left. The survivors aren’t the heroes of legend like Lancelot or Gawain. They’re the oddballs of the Round Table, like Sir Palomides, the Saracen Knight, and Sir Dagonet, Arthur’s fool, who was knighted as a joke. They’re joined by Nimue, who was Merlin’s apprentice until she turned on him and buried him under a hill.
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A rambling woke mess
- By Adam on 07-18-24
By: Lev Grossman
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Malice
- By: John Gwynne
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 23 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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The Banished Lands has a violent past where armies of men and giants clashed in battle, but now giants are seen, the stones weep blood, and giant wyrms are stirring. Those who can still read the signs see a threat far greater than the ancient wars. For if the Black Sun gains ascendancy, mankind's hopes and dreams will fall to dust....
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This Book...
- By Amazon customer on 03-21-20
By: John Gwynne
Awesome Story!
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I was hooked from the beginning.
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This book was… fine. I think my hopes were set a bit too high after reading Malice/Misrule. While the story and the characters were intriguing, I was missing the romantic aspect I felt with Malice (possibly my bad expecting that?). Overall, the writing was good, and I look forward to future works from Heather Walter.
Not quite what I expected, but still good.
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Amazing!!!
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So good
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it was good buuut
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NOW KISS!
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Ayleth is our FMC who struggles deeply with the death of a loved one. The never ending pressure of being the woman her mother pushes her to be. Finally, the heartache of a lover shattering your heart. The characters are complex. The story is familiar, yet unique. It’s captivating and spellbinding.
I praise how Heather Walter has written these characters. It’s a world much unlike our own, but the same all at once.
Villain Origin Story
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What a ride!!!
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Captivating
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