CINDER31LA by Freida Kilmari

I have 22,280 days left to live. She only has 31. Stop in to read more about Freida Kilmari’s new sapphic, steampunk retelling of Cinderella!

Title: CINDER31LA
Author: Freida Kilmari
Genre: Adult, LGBTQ+, Retelling, Steampunk
Release Date: August 31, 2024

About The Book:

I have 22,280 days left to live.
She only has 31.

Here in Clepsydra, everyone knows when they’re going to die. Born with a life clock embedded into our wrists, the tick-tock of our heartbeat is a pulse we’ll forever hear. Steambotics rule number one? Never mess with a life clock. For 21 years of my life, I’ve followed the rules and walked in my late father’s footsteps, hoping to one day be as good an engineer as he was.

Until she walked into my life.

The princess is dying, and it’s up to me to break the law and do the impossible. To cure time.

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Excerpt:

“No…” Meena’s hand was limp in mine; she hadn’t even the strength to hold my hand. “No, I have to do something.”

“You cannot.” IoN sat beside me, also touching Meena. “And that is okay.”

“Nothing about this is okay!” I snapped.

Silent sorrow. Grief so thick I couldn’t breathe, choking on its edges with every inhale I forced into my lungs, shoveling air into my body by force, against its instinct to cease living.

I had no idea how much time had passed, nor could I recall a single thought from the hours I spent crying beside her dying body, until I could finally utter a sentence. “She’s such a beautiful person.” It was barely a breath, the words a whisper, but it was all I had.

About The Author:

Freida Kilmari, an author, writer, and editor from south-west England, has a passion for unique fantasy, one that started with the likes of Philip Pullman, Derek Landy, and Darren Shan. With their fantastical words, she spent her childhood and young adult life vying to create her own world of words one day. Eventually, after finishing her degree and settling into being a business owner, she started writing fantasy romance with LGBT+ twists, and from there, she’s kept twisting tropes, retelling fairy tales and legends, and seeing just how far you can push the boundaries of sexuality and gender.

Living in south-west England, she owns and runs Penmanship Editing, a fiction editing business that strives to make the most out of each author’s unique story, words, and heart. “Every writer is different, and it’s those differences that make our work a part of who we are.” She’s worked on over 100 books in the last two years and has received praise from authors and other editors alike for her encouraging and togetherness approach in a field that is lacking uniqueness and empathy.

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