A Court of Sugar and Spice: A Nutcracker Retelling

Written by Rebecca F. Kenney

Narrated by Jessica Jeffries

With their inheritance restricted until their marriage, sisters Clara and Louisa, both in their twenties, must live with their godfather Drosselmeyer. One night, an accident brings to life one of the strange wooden dolls in Drosselmeyer's mansion. The Nutcracker doll is a cursed Fae prince, and he pleads for the sisters' help. During the ensuing journey into the Fae realm, Clara encounters the handsome Sugarplum Faerie, and he promises her the chance to enact all her forbidden fantasies. Meanwhile Louisa and the Nutcracker Prince battle and bicker over everything, despite the growing attraction between them. And to make matters worse, the entire Seelie kingdom is under threat of conquest by the Rat King, ruler of the Dread Court.

Contains mature themes. Trigger and content warnings are available on the author's website.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Aug 8, 2023
• ISBN: 9798350824902

Reviews for A Court of Sugar and Spice

[mafetter1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The general idea of this plot is fascinating, but it left out a lot of character development. I found myself wishing it would spend less time on spice and more on details of their adventure and emotional relationships.

[masemac217 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I went into this book blind— and I’m pleasantly surprised. It was a great listen- by the end of chapter 2 I was hooked. It was an unexpected change to follow the story from 2 POVs without them being the other person in the romantic relationship. This was told from the PoVs of 2 sisters, while on a mission/journey with 2 Fae males——


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—(continued)—-with whom they each were also developing relationships with. Although I enjoyed the way the story unfolded…. I wiiiish we could’ve also had the male PoV——what can I say? I’m just that selfish?‍??

Anyway.. if you’re hesitating: go for it! It’s a fast paced Fae/Human fantasy romance, ?️?️?️,
HEA, 2 couples.

It’s not the “MoST amAziNg” book I ever read but it’s a good-fun - easy listen. If this is a series I’ll be getting the next book after this review. Lol!!