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Thorn Season
by Kiera Azar
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The Kingdom of Daradon has Wielders, who possess a magical spectre and non magic folks. The wielders have always been feared and are hunted for their spectre’s. Alissa Paine, heiress to one of the provinces and daughter of the primary Hunter family is also a weilder. From her privileged position in society and her father’s efforts, she has been able to maintain her freedom even while lacking self-control to hide her spectre. Since it is her 18th season at court, she is summoned to participate in Rose week, which culminates in pledging fealty to the King. There she finds herself as the King’s interest, and meets a foreign ambassador that is more like her than he knows.
As a YA Romantasy I enjoyed this book, and ended up reading it pretty quickly. I liked Alissa, and felt that for an 18 year old she was well thought out and multidimensional. The magic of the spectre’s was interesting, though it would have been nice to learn a bit more of the history of magic wielders. The romance portion of the book was well done, and added to the overall story, instead of taking away from it. I noticed this was going to be the first in a series prior to starting the book, so I’m hoping the second book will build upon things a bit more.
The court political intrigue was well done, and I hadn’t figured out a couple of the twists and turns. I’m interested to see where book two will take the story lines from this book.
Thank you to HarperCollins Childrens Books Press and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.