Seventeen-year-old Snow escapes a mental hospital by racing into the woods where she finds herself in icy Algid--her true home--with witches, thieves, an alluring boy named Kai, and she discovers her royal lineage. Seventeen-year-old Snow escapes from a mental hospital into an icy forest and the world of Algid, where she discovers that she has a royal lineage and the magical abilities necessary to save Algid from her tyrannical fathers rule. The best-selling author of Dorothy Must Die presents an adaptation of The Snow Queen that depicts a teen inpatient at a mental hospital who escapes from the real world into an icy forest, develops magical abilities and makes difficult choices in love while endeavoring to save her new kingdom from a ruthless monarch. Seventeen-year-old Snow has spent the majority of her life within the walls of the Whittaker Institute, a high security mental hospital in upstate New York. Deep down, she knows shes not crazy and doesnt belong there. When she meets a mysterious, handsome new orderly and dreams about a strange twisted tree she realizes she must escape and figure out who she really is.Using her trusting friend Bale as a distraction, Snow breaks free and races into the nearby woods. Suddenly, everything isnt what it seems, the line between reality and fantasy begins to blur, and she finds herself in icy Algid--her true home--with witches, thieves, and a strangely alluring boy named Kai, none of whom shes sure she can trust. As secret after secret is revealed, Snow discovers that she is on the run from a royal lineage shes destined to inherit, a father more powerful and ruthless than she could have imagined, and choices of the heart that could change the fate of everything...including Snows return to the world she once knew.This breathtaking first volume begins the story of how Snow becomes a villain, a queen, and ultimately a hero.Awards for Dorothy Must DieNominee for YALSAs BFYA List, 2015 From New York Times bestselling author of Dorothy Must Die comes a thrilling, Maleficent-esque twist on The Snow Queen, from the villains point of view thats equal parts love story and Frozen--all grown up.
