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Thorn Jack
Thorn Jack: A Night and Nothing Novel | Katherine Harbour
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Combining the sorcery of The Night Circus with the malefic suspense of A Secret History, Thorn Jack is a spectacular, modern retelling of the ancient Scottish ballad, Tam Lina beguiling fusion of love, fantasy, and myth that echoes the imaginative artistry of the works of Neil Gaiman, Cassandra Clare, and Melissa Marr. In the wake of her older sisters suicide, Finn Sullivan and her father move to a quaint town in upstate New York. Populated with socialites, hippies, and dramatic artists, every corner of this new place holds bright possibilitiesand dark enigmas, including the devastatingly attractive Jack Fata, scion of one of the towns most powerful families. As she begins to settle in, Finn discovers that beneath its pretty, placid surface, the town and its denizensespecially the Fata familywield an irresistible charm and dangerous power, a tempting and terrifying blend of good and evil, magic and mystery, that holds dangerous consequences for an innocent and curious girl like Finn. To free herself and save her beloved Jack, Finn must confront the fearsome Fata family . . . a battle that will lead to shocking secrets about her sisters death.
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Asthecroweflies
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This has been one of the best books that I‘ve read in a long while. It‘s a modern retelling of the Celtic tale of Tam Lin. Beautifully bizarre, it weaves fairy folklore and the in between of death..I read this in 24 hours. It was that good! Book 1 in the trilogy.

BethM Ooooh im sold! 3y
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Shaylaina
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This is a fairy tale, dark Gothic, urban fantasy..lol.. Ghosts, death, love, a powerful family and friends. Serafina is haunted by dreams of her sister, Lily-Rose who committed suicide, or did she? Jack's picture turns up in photographs from the early 1900's, so how can he still be alive? Love, power, mythology, friendship, suspense and survival.

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HeatherBlue
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Yesterday was the most Mondayest Monday of all the Mondays. I couldn‘t figure out what to read next so decided on an old favorite 🖤💚

LMJenkins Huh, I used to have a copy of this (never read) and I don‘t think I do anymore. Wonder hat happened to It? 6y
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mariaku21
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Mehso-so

Is there such a thing in between pick and so-so because this book is that grey in between space.

I loved the magic and darkness from the Fae characters but just couldn't believe the romance.

vkois88 I looked at this in Dollar Tree but put it back after reading the first page... I thought it seemed interesting, but wasn't sure it would be something I'd want to finish 6y
mariaku21 The writing was pretty solid, Harbour definitely evoked magical characters that reminded me of why I read Yeats. They both evoked the darker side that is the Fae, which I'm all for but the romance was eh 6y
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izzyvalentyn
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It's been just about a year since I finished the Night and Nothing series and I'm itching to read it again!

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Sneakybea
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A very pretty retelling of Tam Lin that captures the sinister nature of the fey in traditional folklore, rather than the watered down fairies of the Victorian and modern eras. I loved the sensuous description and use of poetry but did wish Harbour spent more time developing the relationship between Jack and Finn instead of introducing quite so many gorgeous but menacing characters. Harbour did her research, but we didn't need to see all of it.

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Sneakybea

I'm digging it. Not quite on par with Dean's Tam Lin or Fire and Hemlock, but maybe on the same level as The Perilous Gard or An Earthly Knight. It is also a book in which college students improbably quote Shakespeare & Keats, which should be its own genre.

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Foragingfantasy
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Do you ever have so many books that you want to read, that you have trouble really settling in with one? I'm having readers ADD.

Cinfhen ALL THE TIME ☹️ 8y
Born.A.Reader Um presently reading 6 different books if that says anything lol 8y
LauraBrook Yes, this happens almost every day. Especially when I start looking closely at my shelves, they all start to feel like they need to be read NOW! 8y
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Foragingfantasy
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I have sooooo many books I need to read!!! And baseball season starts tomorrow so all of my evenings are about to be full of practices and fights about homework and eating vegetables. But I'm so excited to see my boys play!! #coverbuy #dollartree

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TheBookAddict
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#DollarTreeBookHaul #BookHaul

Went in to the 💵🌳 after work and I just had to look at the 📚. I found these and got them. Can't beat $1 books! 😁

BethM I love it when dollar tree pans out! 8y
TheBookAddict @BethM yes, me too! 😁 8y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I had no idea they had books there and one just opened down the street from my house 😛 8y
TheBookAddict @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled lol, they do! You must go and check out their book section! It's usually by the coloring books and puzzles or on an end-cap. 8y
Reviewsbylola I really want to read The Chaperone. 8y
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Elisa
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Mixed feelings. It's weird, dark, definitely unlike anything I've read. It starts out great, drawing you in, because it's mysterious, and interesting... but it gets a bit complicated and hard to follow — so many characters, so many detailed descriptions... the story kind of gets a little lost sometimes. Still, the author does paint a beautiful, dark, twisted fantasy world, and if they ever turn this into a graphic novel, I'll be all over it.

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Elisa
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This almost sneaked past me! My first Litsy milestone! 😊
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Elisa
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As much as I love a good quote providing #foodforthought, I love being introduced to the story's resident smartass just as much 😁

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Elisa
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I grabbed this half off at the local English bookstore's post-holiday sale; it sounded intriguing, but I wasn't expecting much. Instead, it has sucked me in to the point that it's tied with Queen of Shadows for my attention 😉 Dark and a but weird but oddly compelling.

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NicoleValentine
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"You see... we've become a race of cynics. How can the dreadful, the venerable, the sacred and sublime, reveal themselves to our dulled minds? We are no longer capable of experiencing the possibilities of otherworldliness. Cynicism, not science, has killed our divinities."

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Sneakybea

Oh. My. Gosh. I must have all the Tam Lin retellings!