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Violet Made of Thorns
by Gina Chen
This is the fairytale for all of us who never quite related to the swooning princess in the tower and maybe thought the prince could be knocked down from his literal high horse.
Violet is an orphaned Seer plucked from the streets as a child for saving the young prince’s life and in return is the King’s personal prophetess. Growing up amongst royalty, her relationship with the prince is prickly at best and comes to a head when a new prophecy threatens both Violet’s station and the entire kingdom of Auveny.
Full of acerbic wit, Gina Chen gives us the antiheroine we all didn’t know we desperately needed. Blurring the lines between good and evil, Violet is as real as fairy tale characters come and her struggles with power, love, and desire to avoid social situations will hit the mark with many introverted readers. With dashes of classic fairytale elements like beasts, lost shoes, and of course an evil villain, Chen breathes magic into this wholly original story. This has definitely been my favorite read this summer!
Recommended for fans of fairytale retellings, antiheroines, and some spicy YA romance.
Violet is an orphaned Seer plucked from the streets as a child for saving the young prince’s life and in return is the King’s personal prophetess. Growing up amongst royalty, her relationship with the prince is prickly at best and comes to a head when a new prophecy threatens both Violet’s station and the entire kingdom of Auveny.
Full of acerbic wit, Gina Chen gives us the antiheroine we all didn’t know we desperately needed. Blurring the lines between good and evil, Violet is as real as fairy tale characters come and her struggles with power, love, and desire to avoid social situations will hit the mark with many introverted readers. With dashes of classic fairytale elements like beasts, lost shoes, and of course an evil villain, Chen breathes magic into this wholly original story. This has definitely been my favorite read this summer!
Recommended for fans of fairytale retellings, antiheroines, and some spicy YA romance.