3.7
Fantasy & SciFi
From highly acclaimed, bestselling author Ava Reid comes a gothic horror retelling of The Juniper Tree, set in another time and place within the world of The Wolf and the Woodsman, where a young witch seeks to discover her identity and escape the domination of her abusive wizard father, perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson and Catherynne M. Valente.
A gruesome curse. A city in upheaval. A monster with unquenchable appetites.
Marlinchen and her two sisters live with their wizard father in a city shifting from magic to industry. As Oblyaโs last true witches, she and her sisters are little more than a tourist trap as they treat their clients with archaic remedies and beguile them with nostalgic charm. Marlinchen spends her days divining secrets in exchange for rubles and trying to placate her tyrannical, xenophobic father, who keeps his daughters sequestered from the outside world. But at night, Marlinchen and her sisters sneak out to enjoy the cityโs amenities and revel in its thrills, particularly the recently established ballet theater, where Marlinchen meets a dancer who quickly captures her heart.
As Marlinchenโs late-night trysts grow more fervent and frequent, so does the threat of her fatherโs rage and magic. And while Oblya flourishes with culture and bustles with enterprise, a monster lurks in its midst, borne of intolerance and resentment and suffused with old-world power. Caught between history and progress and blood and desire, Marlinchen must draw upon her own magic to keep her city safe and find her place within it.
ยฉ 2022 HarperAudio (Audiobook): 9780062973191
Release date
Audiobook: 21 June 2022
3.7
Fantasy & SciFi
From highly acclaimed, bestselling author Ava Reid comes a gothic horror retelling of The Juniper Tree, set in another time and place within the world of The Wolf and the Woodsman, where a young witch seeks to discover her identity and escape the domination of her abusive wizard father, perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson and Catherynne M. Valente.
A gruesome curse. A city in upheaval. A monster with unquenchable appetites.
Marlinchen and her two sisters live with their wizard father in a city shifting from magic to industry. As Oblyaโs last true witches, she and her sisters are little more than a tourist trap as they treat their clients with archaic remedies and beguile them with nostalgic charm. Marlinchen spends her days divining secrets in exchange for rubles and trying to placate her tyrannical, xenophobic father, who keeps his daughters sequestered from the outside world. But at night, Marlinchen and her sisters sneak out to enjoy the cityโs amenities and revel in its thrills, particularly the recently established ballet theater, where Marlinchen meets a dancer who quickly captures her heart.
As Marlinchenโs late-night trysts grow more fervent and frequent, so does the threat of her fatherโs rage and magic. And while Oblya flourishes with culture and bustles with enterprise, a monster lurks in its midst, borne of intolerance and resentment and suffused with old-world power. Caught between history and progress and blood and desire, Marlinchen must draw upon her own magic to keep her city safe and find her place within it.
ยฉ 2022 HarperAudio (Audiobook): 9780062973191
Release date
Audiobook: 21 June 2022
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31 Aug 2022
I read Ava Reid's first book, The Wolf and the Woodsman, last year and quite enjoyed it. Sadly, I can't say the same about the second, Juniper & Thorn. It had all the elements of what I enjoy in my fantasy - a dark fairytale retelling with elements of Slavic folklore. Unfortunately, it had a lot of other stuff which was conveniently glossed over in the blurb as well as by the early/ARC reviewers.TWs: ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐, ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ, ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐, ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐, ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐, ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ (๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ), ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐ฑ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐๐ข๐, ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฌ๐๐ฑ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ.
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