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Lesbian & Sapphic FictionQueer FantasyLGBTQ+ Young Adult

Ash

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  • 2009 first published
  • 268 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (3 ratings)
  • 10 editions
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Malinda Lo's Ash (2009) is a sapphic fiction and queer fantasy novel. It deals with stepfamilies, fairies, Hunting and lesbians.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 64 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 10 editions.

It runs to roughly 268 pages — 4–5 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Ash

In the wake of her father's death, Ash is left at the mercy of her cruel stepmother. Consumed with grief, her only joy comes by the light of the dying hearth fire, rereading the fairy tales her mother once told her. In her dreams, someday the fairies will steal her away. When she meets the dark and dangerous fairy Sidhean, she believes that her wish may be granted. The day that Ash meets Kaisa, the King's Huntress, her heart begins to change. Instead of chasing fairies, Ash learns to hunt with Kaisa. Their friendship, as delicate as a new bloom, reawakens Ash's capacity for love--and her desire to live. But Sidhean has already claimed Ash for his own, and she must make a choice between fairy tale dreams and true love. Entrancing and empowering, Ash beautifully unfolds the connections between life and love, and solitude and death, where transformation can come from even the deepest grief.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Subjects

  • Stepfamilies
  • Fairies
  • Hunting
  • Lesbians
  • Love
  • Self-realization
  • Fairy tales
  • Orphans
  • Children's fiction
  • Family
  • Adaptations
  • Cinderella
  • Blended families
  • Folklore
  • Stepmothers
  • Cinderella, Tale

Quick answers

Who wrote Ash?

Ash was written by Malinda Lo and first published in 2009.

What genre is Ash?

It is usually shelved as Lesbian & Sapphic Fiction, Queer Fantasy, LGBTQ+ Young Adult and Fairy Tale Retellings.

How long is Ash?

The median edition has 268 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Ash?

Readers who like it often enjoy Cinderella Is Dead, The Darkest Part of the Forest and Girls Made of Snow and Glass.

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