the girl of fire and thorns – Cannonball Read 17

Can’t Believe It Took Me This Long To Pick This One Up

The Girl of Fire and Thorn by Rae Carson

July 31, 2019 by Jen K 1 Comment

Bingo Square: And So It Begins I remember reading multiple positive reviews of this years ago, and yet I somehow never quite got around to it. I think when it originally came out, I was reading YA but I was trying not to overindulge in it, and it wasn’t one that people continued to talk about even years later like the Lainie Taylor novels or Lunar Chronicles or others. And really, this novel was quite good so I am glad I finally added it to […]

I’m so here for kickass teenage girls

September 11, 2016 by yesknopemaybe 2 Comments

Rae Carson is without a doubt my favorite author discovery of 2016. I went gaga over Walk the Earth a Stranger (still not over that terrible title) and The Girl of Fire and Thorns did not disappoint. (Many thanks to Malin for the rec!) This is a coming of age story about a smart and timid girl becoming a wise and powerful woman. She’s the second born daughter of a king and was chosen for greatness at her birth. The problem is that she doesn’t […]

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