The End of the Rose

Every fairy tale comes to an end.Briar Pryce thought she was saving the Poisoned Apple, New York City's borough of bootleg curses and graffiti-strewn castles. But when she freed every princess in town from their sleeping spells, she woke a giant deep underground, threatening the very foundation of her world. With her city crumbling around her and her boyfriend trapped in a magic mirror, she's considering a fate worse than death for any New Yorker: relocating to Jersey.But together with her friends, she's not letting her town's magic die without a fight. From the depths of the Poisoned Apple to a floating island in another world, Briar must battle a force emerging from the darkest parts of her city's story, who can bend wicked creatures to her will. She'll have to discover the hidden origins of the Apple itself, a story linked with her own past, if she's going to stop the enemies trying to erase her community from existence.But as Briar's own emotion-altering powers grow into something far greater, will she be able to write the ending she chooses?