Fairytale retelling. Two words that instantly attract me to a novel. Sometimes a true retelling that is modern, some that take the story and change its setting but the core is still there, some that take a loose concept and create an amazing new lore with its.
Thorn is the first type. A more traditionally retelling that has already captivating the reader by its gorgeous front cover. The style wasn’t bad and it was nice to find a retelling of a more uncommon fairytale.
I really wanted to like this book, I received a copy in a book box last year and started it the same day. Unfortunately, I ended up forcing my way through most of the book. The heroine is bullied by her family, and while I enjoyed her perseverance and acceptance of her new life, I found her equally as annoying when dealing with the women her took her old life away. If you want to truly leave and be free, I don’t understand why she stayed where she was to be bullied further. I enjoyed the parts of the story when Alyssa was getting on with her new life in the stables, but hated her interactions with her would-have-been fiancé and the rest of the royal court.
It is a shame that I barely remember the villain of this book and found it a relief to move onto something else afterwards. Maybe it was just me or I had too high hopes against a multitude of other fairytale retelling I have read. I didn’t hate it, but I also don’t remember anything about it either.
Thorn is the first type. A more traditionally retelling that has already captivating the reader by its gorgeous front cover. The style wasn’t bad and it was nice to find a retelling of a more uncommon fairytale.
I really wanted to like this book, I received a copy in a book box last year and started it the same day. Unfortunately, I ended up forcing my way through most of the book. The heroine is bullied by her family, and while I enjoyed her perseverance and acceptance of her new life, I found her equally as annoying when dealing with the women her took her old life away. If you want to truly leave and be free, I don’t understand why she stayed where she was to be bullied further. I enjoyed the parts of the story when Alyssa was getting on with her new life in the stables, but hated her interactions with her would-have-been fiancé and the rest of the royal court.
It is a shame that I barely remember the villain of this book and found it a relief to move onto something else afterwards. Maybe it was just me or I had too high hopes against a multitude of other fairytale retelling I have read. I didn’t hate it, but I also don’t remember anything about it either.