autisticbookbug 's review for:

Thorn by Anna Burke

4.0

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oh, to be whisked away to a magical castle on the snowy mountains by a morally questionable monster lady who teaches me how to shoot an arrow...

 

i haven't read a lot of fairytale retelling because i always assumed they'd be a bit boring but i was very pleasantly wrong. especially since this did not at all feel formulaic or like it was just copying another's story. 

this book is practically dripping with sapphic chemistry and i love that we get glimpses of the story from the Huntress's perspective at the start of each chapter. i am usually not a fan of the ice queen trope either but i was too invested in this story to care anymore.

i definitely prefer my fairytales dark and gay.

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