The Disability Book Archive

[ID: Cover for the book ‘The Price and Prey of Magic’ by Rachel Day. The title is written at the top in large white lettering. The author’s name is written at the bottom in smaller white lettering. The cover is dark in colour. Framed art in the centre shows two young woman. The woman on the left has shoulder-length blonde hair. The woman on the right has long brown hair. /end]

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Content Warning:

• Murder
• Capture
• Death
• Curses
• TBD

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Summary:

HOW DO YOU LIVE WITH A CURSE?

Cursed and alone, Yew seeks help from the last man she should go looking for – Arsen, a dark sorcerer who lives trapped in his manor because of his past sins. Arsen agrees to teach Yew the magic she needs to free herself, but in return she must agree to be his eyes and ears in the outside world. But is any curse as dangerous as Arsen himself?

Eider’s life is charmed until the day a curse magically robs her of her hands. But she’s determined to make her way in the world – even when she falls into an enchanted realm and finds herself trapped with a mysterious, monstrous serpent. When her monster is captured, Eider must decide whether to run away from magic entirely or find her monster and pay whatever price to save him.

Yew’s and Eider’s fates twine more tightly than they could realize. When they meet, will they rescue each other – or destroy each other entirely?

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Notes:

This book is available in paperback and kindle format.

This book is partially based on the German fairy tale The Girl Without Hands. Though it holds similarities to the origanl tale, it does not follow the narrative exactly.

Here is a link to the author’s Goodreads page.

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Archivist Comments:

I don’t know too much about this book to be perfectly honest with you, so if anyone could give me some more information regarding the content warnings that would be every much appreciated.

I nearly went down a rabbit hole of German fairy tales for this book.

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