The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice is the second volume of The Orphan's Tales series by Catherynne M. Valente with illustrations by Michael Kaluta. Like volume one, The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden, the book is written as a collection of interlocking fairy tales.
The friendship between the girl and the prince strengthens as she begins to tell him the stories inked on her second eye. While in the first volume the children h...
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The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice is the second volume of The Orphan's Tales series by Catherynne M. Valente with illustrations by Michael Kaluta. Like volume one, The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden, the book is written as a collection of interlocking fairy tales.
The friendship between the girl and the prince strengthens as she begins to tell him the stories inked on her second eye. While in the first volume the children had the garden almost completely to themselves, now the marriage of the prince's sister Dinazade threatens their sanctuary. The stories grow similarly darker, revolving around the two titular cities: one where coins are made from bones of the children who work at the mint, and the second, an exotic city that homes a variety of fantastic creatures such a phoenix, a clockwork woman, and sirens.
Like the first volume, In the Cities of Coin and Spice is composed of two books. Although each book focuses on a different set of characters and new...
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