Ravensburger Fairy Tale Curse, Volume 1: The Last Sleeping Beauty

Val scythed off her braid and declared, "I'm a Rapunzel." Looking at the scissors in her hand, I backed away. "You don't believe me, do you?" asked Val, "Yes, I do. You're Rapunzel. And I'm Little Red Riding Hood." The poor thing was obviously confused as hell. "Are you kidding?" retorted Val, "I already know you're Sleeping Beauty." "No problem. I am if you want me to be." I took a step sideways, but suddenly my legs disobeyed me. With my mouth open, I stared at Val. Her hair was now down to her shoulders again - and it continued to grow before my eyes. "I'm a Rapunzel," Val repeated cheerfully. "And this is my gift." Sixteen-year-old Flora, known as Flo, is blindsided when she learns she is the descendant of Sleeping Beauty. Along with other fairy tale descendants, like bitchy Neva from the Snow White clan and Rapunzel Val, she must protect humanity from dangerous magic-and hide her true identity at all costs. Flo's feelings for Neva's mysterious boyfriend Hector don't necessarily make matters any easier. But far more problematic is the fact that since her 16th birthday, she suddenly turns things black when she's upset-something considered evil in the fairy tale world. There's also a mysterious kidnapper on the loose in town who leaves rose petals at every crime scene. Is it a perpetrator from the fairy tale world or a case for the police? When Flo, Neva and Hektor are lured into a trap during an operation, they uncover an incredible magical conspiracy ....