Description: "A high fantasy as perfectly shaped and eloquently told as Beauty and The Hero and the Crown ...a lavish and lasting treat." - Publishers Weekly "McKinley writes with complete assurance, and the novel's climax is both compelling and a delightful change from formulaic fantasy." - The Christian Science Monitor "As delicately structure as the chambers of a honeycomb, this novel begs to be read...[Readers] who long for beautiful phrases and descriptive writing will find themselves drinking in this rich fairy tale as if it were honey trickling down their throats." - School Library Journal "McKinley integrates the world-building smoothly into a narrative that is a sensory delight, laden with tangible tastes and scents. Themes of stewardship, beekeeping and the power of duty and love flow through the story like the honey described so temptingly." - Booklist

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