The Language of Thorns, Leigh Bardugo, Pan Macmillan, ISBN: 9781 5101 04518
CAN you remember eagerly climbing into bed, wrapping yourself up in a warm blanket and waiting patiently for your favourite bed time story?
In this book, you can expect the kind of stories that will ensnare and swallow you whole.
It contains six gorgeously written short stories that each have their own meaning.
But be warned, they are not for the feint of heart.
They are dark and slightly twisted and all set in Leigh Bardugo’s fictional Grishaverse.
Expect talking foxes, witches, magical woods, beasts and the most dangerous of them all, devious and traitorous humans.
The Language of Thorns can be easily noted as the 21 century rendition of the classic work from The Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson.
Each story is a woven mix of reality and fiction, culminating in fairy tales that have been spun in the most intriguing fashion.
The cover is absolutely beautiful and the stunning artwork literally develops along the border of each page, growing alongside the story.
Bravo Leigh for working your magic once more and for letting us hop back into your wonderful Grishaverse once again.
