The vivid imagery, the complex family dynamics, the underlying themes of industrialization vs tradition, the emotional rollercoaster this book will put you through, and the MC’s journey of questioning who she is and what she wants to be– all these made Juniper and Thorn an unforgettable read. I fell in love with their words in The Wolf and the Woodsman, and it’s no different this time. They writes so captivatingly and builds atmospheric worlds you have no choice but to get lost in. I don’t know how she does it but she does it so damn well. One thing’s for sure– Ava Reid is a brilliant writer and an excellent story-teller. That’s pretty much it… What else is left for me to say? Author Ava Reid didn’t pull any punches in crafting a world that’s horrifyingly dark and gruesome and monstrous and violent.

Juniper and Thorn has everything you would expect from an adult gothic horror. Quoted excerpt/s may change in the final print. There are dark forces, both mortal and magical, conspiring against them - and the truth may bring them both to ruin.I received an ARC from the publisher to read and review. Preston Héloury, a stodgy young literature scholar, is studying Myrddin's papers and is determined to prove her favourite author is a fraud.Īs the two rival students investigate the reclusive author's legacy, piecing together clues through his letters, books, and diaries, they discover that the house's foundation isn't the only thing that can't be trusted. And when Effy arrives, she finds she isn't the only one who's made a temporary home there. So when the late author's family announces a contest to design his house, Effy fells certain this is her destiny.īut Hiraeth Manor is an impossible task: a musty, decrepit estate on the brink of crumbling into a hungry sea. She's found solace only in the pages of Angharad - a beloved epic about a mortal girl who falls in love with the Fairy King, and then destroys him.Įffy's tattered copy is all that's keeping her afloat through her stifling first term her prestigious architecture college. Since childhood, she's been haunted by visions of the Fairy King.

If the monsters are real, so are the women who defeat them.Įffy has always believed in fairy tales. FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE WOLF AND THE WOODSMAN AND JUNIPER AND THORN

A study in drowning by ava reid