Honeycomb

Name: Honeycomb
Brand: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Joanne M. Harris
ISBN: 9781797119953

Author: Joanne M. Harris

Narrator: Joanne M. Harris

Unabridged: 13 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Published: 05/25/2021

Categories: Fiction, Fairy Tales & Legends, Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Dark Fantasy

Synopsis

A lushly illustrated set of dark, captivating fairy tales from the bestselling author of The Gospel of Loki with the illustrator of Stardust, Charles Vess.

The beauty of stories; you never know where they will take you. Full of dreams and nightmares, Honeycomb is an entrancing mosaic novel of original fairy tales from bestselling author Joanne M. Harris and legendary artist Charles Vess in a collaboration that’s been years in the making. The toymaker who wants to create the perfect wife; the princess whose heart is won by words, not actions; the tiny dog whose confidence far outweighs his size; and the sinister Lacewing King who rules over the Silken Folk. These are just a few of the weird and wonderful creatures who populate Joanne Harris’s first collection of fairy tales.

Dark, gripping, and brilliantly imaginative, these magical tales will soon have you in their thrall in a uniquely illustrative edition.

The tales are beautifully illustrated by the renowned illustrator of Stardust, Sandman, and The Book of Earthsea, Charles Vess.

About Joanne M. Harris

Joanne Harris is an Anglo-French author, whose books include fourteen novels, two cookbooks, and many short stories. Her work is extremely diverse, covering aspects of magical realism, suspense, historical fiction, mythology, and fantasy. In 2000, her 1999 novel Chocolat was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is an honorary Fellow of St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge, and in 2013 was awarded an MBE by the Queen. Her hobbies are listed in Who’s Who as “mooching, lounging, strutting, strumming, priest-baiting, and quiet subversion.” She also spends too much time on Twitter, plays flute and bass guitar in a band first formed when she was sixteen, and works from a shed in her garden at her home in Yorkshire.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ceecee

4-5 stars ‘This is a tale the bees tell…..’ This is a collection of (very) short interconnected stories most of whom are linked by the Lacewing King and of course, the bees. We meet a multitude of insect rulers such as the Spider Queen in the nine worlds and other characters such as the Halloween King......more

Goodreads review by Whispering

Book Reviewed on www.whisperingstories.com This is a gorgeous collection of super short (2-5 page) stories that read like a cross between fairy tales and fables, each interconnected to a larger picture. The Lacewing Prince is a selfish and cruel ruler of the fair folk, touching many lives with his be......more

Goodreads review by CYIReadBooks

Honeycomb is a collection of dark fairy tales. There are two books within this novel and the collection of stories consists of independent tales as well as interrelated tales that tell the story of the Lacewing King. The novel has the feel of Aesops Fables combined with the tale of Ulysses in The Od......more

Goodreads review by Ranjini

I was shocked by how much I enjoyed this book! Honeycomb is a kind of book that is difficult to describe. It’s a set of dark fairytales. It’s an interconnected group of tales. It’s a fantasy. It’s horror. It’s science fiction. It’s about family and growth and love and guilt. It’s about seeking perfec......more

Quotes

"Author Joanne Harris’s warm, well-modulated voice is perfectly suited to narrating her interconnected stories of fairy-world denizens and human folk. At the center is the drama of the impish and arrogant Lacewing King, whose adventures span generations, leaving a wake of consequences for all he meets. Whimsical instrumental music serves as transitions between the stories and adds to the warmth of the listening experience by balancing its darker moments."