Within this story, readers will watch as Ayama dismantles the endings of well-known stories – just as Leigh Bardugo deconstructs and reinvent fairy tales with this collection. It has all of the most powerful elements of enduring fairy tales: bargains and betrayals, monsters and maidens, along with three sacrifices and an enchanted wood. Composed with perfect symmetry from beginning to end, this story was a tribute to all of my favourite fairy tales such as Beauty and the Beast and 1001 Nights – given a mesmerising and otherworldly twist thanks to Leigh Bardugo’s enthralling writing. The Language of Thorns starts with a triumphant beginning through an exquisite tale about an unmemorable girl and a beastly prince.
Interesting things only happen to pretty girls you will be home by sunset.” I feel each of the six stories within deserve their own mini-review, so here goes. The writing throughout this collection is consistently lyrical and gorgeous, it’s one of those book that begs to be savoured on repeat. While Leigh Bardugo never flinches from portraying the cruelty and savagery of the Grishaverse in these tales, she doesn’t shy from infusing the stories with courage and optimism either. The stories within The Language of Thorns retains that familiar rhythm of a well-loved and oft-told fairy tale, yet they also manage to invent delightful and transformative twists. We have all grown up reading or hearing fairy tales, we know their rhythm as intimately as our own heartbeat. In these stories, you will find human truths hidden amongst dangerous beasts and courageous maidens – simply put, this is fairy tales at its finest. Aside from the pleasure of reading stories your favourite Grishaverse characters would have grown up hearing, the beguiling tales within this collection will captivate readers with their subversive narrative and beautiful composition. The Language of Thorns is an enchanting collection of folklores from Leigh Bardugo’s richly embellished Grishaverse.
Disclaimer: I received this book from Hachette Australia in exchange for an honest review.
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