Garden of Thorns
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
“A tense, fast-paced fantasy.” —Taylor Fenner, author of The Haunting Love
After seven grueling years of captivity in the Garden—a burlesque troupe of slave girls—sixteen-year-old Rose finds an opportunity to escape during a performance for the emperor. But the hostage she randomly chooses from the crowd isn't one of the emperor's men—not anymore. He's the former heir to the throne…and is now leading a rebellion against it.
Rayce is a wanted man and dangerously charismatic. He’s the worst person for Rose to get involved with, no matter what his smile promises. Assuming the hostage-taking is part of the emperor’s plot to crush the rebellion, he decides to take Rose as his hostage instead.
Now Rose must prove where her loyalties lie, so she offers Rayce a deal—if he helps her rescue the other girls, she'll tell him all the Garden's secrets. Well, almost all. Because there’s one secret she’s been keeping these seven years…and she’ll take it to the grave.
The Garden of Thorns series is best enjoyed in order:
Book #1 Garden of Thorns
Book #2 War of the Wilted
Book #3 Roots of Ruin
Customer Reviews
Great Idea Average Execution
The concept of the book was super intriguing!
I was excited to see where it led and found the characters were instantly likeable, making me want to dive right in.
That’s unfortunately where my enjoyment ended.
The writing felt stilted and hard to follow at points, the characters physical movements were very confusing-one minute reaching to touch hands, the next moment having to run to reach each other- making it hard to visualise what was supposed to be happening.
I also found the use of fat as a marker of moral or character failing grossly misused. Unending comments about the bad guys bulbous disgusting stomach and being too fat to stand up as a highlight of how terrible they are- felt kind of fatphobic and like a pretty outdated trope.
Overall it was an okay read but I just hoped the execution would have been better for such an awesome plot.