• Pricked

  • Tales from the Poisoned Apple, Book 1
  • By: Scott Mooney
  • Narrated by: Leyla Hadi-Kassim
  • Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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Pricked

By: Scott Mooney
Narrated by: Leyla Hadi-Kassim
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Publisher's summary

**UTOPiAcon 2020 Debut Novel of the Year Winner**

Briar Pryce has the power to change the emotions of others by handing them a rose. It is a talent that has done surprisingly little for her, besides landing her a dead-end enchantment delivery job and killing any chance she had with her childhood-crush-turned-roommate. Worst of all, her ability might be responsible for getting her best friend transformed into a cat via a cursed muffin basket. Needless to say, Briar is nowhere near happily-ever-after. But that’s just life as a twentysomething in the Poisoned Apple, New York City’s lost borough of fairy-tale wonder and rent-controlled magic.

When Briar reluctantly agrees to help find a princess’s kidnapped boyfriend in exchange for reversing the curse on her friend, she gets the heroic quest she never really wanted. Unfortunately, the life of a noble heroine is not all it’s cracked up­­ to be - the hours blow, and Briar suspects that the Royal family employing her might be evil, Republican, or both. To complete the suckage, a killer smoke magician is stalking Briar as she searches both the Poisoned Apple and Manhattan for the missing boy. As tensions between the Poisoned Apple royalty ignite and civil war looms, Briar must figure out how to write her own happy ending - or she’ll just be ending.

©2018 Jon Messenger (P)2021 Jon Messenger

Critic reviews

"Mooney is magical. With thrilling adventure, swoon-worthy romance, mystery, and humor, you'll want to escape your world for that of Pricked - again and again." (Award-winning author Casey L. Bond)

"Scott Mooney has truly written a great novel with some great twists and a little bit of heart."(The Nerd Daily)

"Pricked is an intriguing blend of modern times and fairy tale lore - happening at the same time and almost the same places." (InD'tale Magazine)

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Magical story and narration!

It was like listening to a live theatrical performance with such a range of fascinating characters that I felt I could visualize and almost connect to ! The narration really brought the magical story to life. Thanks for the entertaining hours

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