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A review by ishizon
The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
This is my pre-game to the Grishaverse! A friend recommended it to me after I talked about my dream of living in the woods near a stream and spending my days foraging for mushrooms.
Leigh Bardugo's "A Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic" is a collection of short stories that are retellings of some famous fairytales like Hansel and Gretel, The Little Mermaid, and The Nutcracker. They're also the stories she imagined that were told by elders to children in the Grishaverse, so I'm really excited to start that one in a few.
It's hard to pick a favorite from the six stories, but the ones I'd say surprised me the most were The Too Clever Fox and The Witch of Duva. Little Knife and When Water Sang Fire also meant a lot to me because of the relationship between the princess and the river in the former and Ulla and Signy in the latter.
There were also a lot of lines from these stories that struck me but it'll make this review too long and I want people to read these stories for themselves so I will leave it here!
Leigh Bardugo's "A Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic" is a collection of short stories that are retellings of some famous fairytales like Hansel and Gretel, The Little Mermaid, and The Nutcracker. They're also the stories she imagined that were told by elders to children in the Grishaverse, so I'm really excited to start that one in a few.
It's hard to pick a favorite from the six stories, but the ones I'd say surprised me the most were The Too Clever Fox and The Witch of Duva. Little Knife and When Water Sang Fire also meant a lot to me because of the relationship between the princess and the river in the former and Ulla and Signy in the latter.
There were also a lot of lines from these stories that struck me but it'll make this review too long and I want people to read these stories for themselves so I will leave it here!