About Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
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Author: Melissa Bashardoust
Length: 336 pages
Audiobook Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Publication Date: July 7th, 2020
★★★☆☆ 3.71 out of 5 Stars on Goodreads
Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust Summary
There was and there was not, as all stories begin, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch. But for Soraya, who has lived her life hidden away, apart from her family, safe only in her gardens, it’s not just a story.
As the day of her twin brother’s wedding approaches, Soraya must decide if she’s willing to step outside of the shadows for the first time. Below in the dungeon is a demon who holds knowledge that she craves, the answer to her freedom. And above is a young man who isn’t afraid of her, whose eyes linger not with fear, but with an understanding of who she is beneath the poison.
Soraya thought she knew her place in the world, but when her choices lead to consequences she never imagined, she begins to question who she is and who she is becoming…human or demon. Princess or monster.
TRIGGER + CONTENT WARNINGS:
Violence, murder/death, imprisonment, war, depictions/mentions of blood
Read an Excerpt of Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
More About Melissa Bashardoust
Melissa Bashardoust (pronounced BASH-ar-doost) received her degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley, where she rediscovered her love for creative writing, children’s literature, and fairy tales and their retellings. She currently lives in Southern California with a cat named Alice and more copies of Jane Eyre than she probably needs. Visit Melissa Bashardoust’s Website →
What Do Readers Say About Girl, Serpent, Thorn?
“If you’re looking for an entrancing fantasy that feels like a fairytale, with an antiheroine who goes on a journey to learn and love who she is, this book is for you!” -May @ Forever and Everly
“Friends, no matter how excited I was to read this gorgeous Persian fairytale retelling with queer girls and demons — a description that had all of my interests piqued entirely on its own — and no matter how many rave reviews I’d already seen, nothing could have prepared me for how utterly captivating and entrancing and gorgeous Girl, Serpent, Thorn was.” -Destiny @ Howling Libraries
“I fell in love with Girl, Serpent, Thorn from the very beginning. Girl, Serpent, Thorn is a story about possibility, power, and responsibility. It’s a story about stories themselves, the danger and bravery of hope, and the possibility in each word. Soraya tugged at each of my heart strings. Faced with the pain of wanting something we cannot have, Soraya feels the ache and the fleeting whisper of touch. She has imagined dreams that end in isolation.” -Lili @ Utopia State of Mind
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