Of Dreams and Destiny by Sandhya Menon EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Sandhya Menon
- Language: English
- Genre: Teen & Young Adult Diversity & Multicultural Fiction
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Once upon a time, there was a princess who masqueraded as a whole person. But
what people didn’t know was that the princess was a doll made of pieces of
sparkling glass. Some were shiny and sharp-edged enough to draw blood, others
velveteen and rounded from years of being mishandled. Mostly, the princess was
good at reecting what everyone wanted to see: a vivacious, happy, charming girl
t to take over her parents’ empire one day.
But for her eighteenth birthday, the princess, who’d never wanted for
anything, got what she really needed—a fairy godmother. An otherworldly
being, patient and kind, round-faced, with warm, twinkling eyes and a magic
wand that spat stardust and magic wherever she pointed it. The fairy godmother
took one look at the princess and knew just what she had to do: teach the
princess to spin those broken pieces of glass into a strong, unbreakable heart that
she could place back into her empty chest.
But could the princess do this without rst pricking her nger and falling
into a deep, everlasting sleep?
CHAPTER 2
DE
“Now, that’s what I call a pile of magical bullshit.” Daphne Elizabeth handed the
self-help book disguised as a quirky coee-table read back to Jaya, who tucked it
away into her Rosetta Academy tote bag with a small smile. “Aren’t we past the
era of fairy godmothers and stardust? Why can’t the princess just kick everyone’s
ass who wronged her and be done with it? Who says she needs to x her heart
anyway?”
Jaya raised a thick, manicured eyebrow at DE. “We could all use the
occasional helping hand in the love department.”
It was the last Saturday of spring break; classes would resume on Monday.
DE had taken up Jaya’s invitation for a girls’ day out on the town, just walking
around, eating gelato, and browsing Bookingham Palace, Jaya’s favorite
bookstore. It was a ne way to spend their last big break before graduation. DE
glanced sidelong at Jaya, feeling a pang in her chest. In just under three months,
they’d all be going their separate ways like points of light scattered to various
corners of the world.
On impulse, she grabbed Jaya’s mittened hand in hers. “You’ll keep in touch,
right? Even when you’re wicked busy running your family’s royal estate?”
Jaya’s kind brown eyes bored into her. “Of course I will,” she said in that
regal British accent. “And you will too. After all, you get a four-year reprieve
from running your family’s hotel dynasty while you’re away at Dartmouth.” Jaya
smiled. “Plenty of time for FaceTiming.”
She said it with so much sincerity that DE nodded, pacied. “True, true.”
The sunlight was warm on her cropped red hair, and despite the chill still
hanging in the air—Colorado wasn’t quite done with winter’s trappings yet—
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