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The Secret Gift

by Bethany Atazadeh

A fairy-tale queen’s power comes with a deadly secret

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A fairy-tale queen’s power comes with a deadly secret

Jezebel’s shapeshifting ability places her at odds with the laws of the realm of Jinn, where discovery could mean death. A portal into the human world gives the seventeen-year-old a chance to explore her power, but a trusted person’s betrayal turns that opportunity into a chain of threats and blackmail. The story reframes familiar fairy-tale villainy through a young woman’s changing sense of self, with the first volume of The Queen’s Rise series drawing on the tradition of Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Beauty and the Beast. The series’ reading order is provided for those who want to continue Jezebel’s story.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in fantasy fiction with a young protagonist.
  • Readers who enjoy fairy-tale retellings and reimagined queens.
  • Readers interested in shapeshifting powers, betrayal, and self-discovery.

Themes

Fairy-tale retellingsShapeshifting and hidden identityBetrayal and blackmailSelf-discoveryFear of becoming a villain

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Book overview

What if the evil queen in your favorite fairy tale wasn't born wicked... she was made that way?

 

Jezebel is a seventeen-year-old girl with a secret: a dangerous shapeshifting ability that breaks every law in the realm of Jinn. If it's discovered, her gift will be severed... and severance always ends in death.

 

When a hidden portal leads her into the human world, Jezebel seizes the chance to test her new power. But someone sees. Someone she trusted.

 

At first, his betrayal comes in whispers. Then come the threats, the blackmail, and the slow erosion of everything Jezebel believed. Piece by piece, she begins to lose the girl she used to be.

 

To survive, she'll have to become the very thing they always feared...

 

In a gripping tale of betrayal and self-discovery, The Queen's Rise series brings a captivating twist to classic fairy tales like Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Beauty and the Beast... showing how even the darkest queens aren't the villains in their own story.

 

If you love fairytale retellings like The Lunar Chronicles and supernatural abilities like the Graceling series, then you'll love the Queen's Rise series!

 

2nd edition, previously published September 2021.

 

Reading order for THE QUEEN'S RISE series:

Book 1: The Secret Gift

Book 2: The Secret Shadow

Book 3: The Secret Curse

 

Reading order for THE STOLEN KINGDOM companion series:

Book 1: The Stolen Kingdom

Book 2: The Jinni Key

Book 3: The Cursed Hunter

Book 4: The Enchanted Crown

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