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Where is all the hoopla for this book? I demand hoopla!!
"Thorn" is a beautiful fairy tale, a retelling of Grimm's "The Goose Girl," which admittedly I was not familiar with. But in Intisar Khanani's hands, what is a simple story has morphed into a complex world filled with thieving rogues, a magical villainess, talking horses, and found family. Our princess, Alyrra, takes on a new persona, Thorn, and in the act of losing herself, she finds herself.
The book has so much symmetry! Good versus evil, the law of the land versus the law of rule, ostentatious wealth versus the plight of the poor. I cannot help gushing over everything but I don't want to reveal anything. I'm just going to force this book onto every reader that I know. I was so excited to discover that it's the first in a series and I cannot wait to continue Alyrra's story.
"Thorn" is a beautiful fairy tale, a retelling of Grimm's "The Goose Girl," which admittedly I was not familiar with. But in Intisar Khanani's hands, what is a simple story has morphed into a complex world filled with thieving rogues, a magical villainess, talking horses, and found family. Our princess, Alyrra, takes on a new persona, Thorn, and in the act of losing herself, she finds herself.
The book has so much symmetry! Good versus evil, the law of the land versus the law of rule, ostentatious wealth versus the plight of the poor. I cannot help gushing over everything but I don't want to reveal anything. I'm just going to force this book onto every reader that I know. I was so excited to discover that it's the first in a series and I cannot wait to continue Alyrra's story.