by Merrie Haskell
Super slow. Only for the last 30% or so I rated it 3 stars. Not because it was boring, but it was mostly about the art of blacksmith, and honestly I am not interested in it and my vocabulary in that field is poor. Most of the book was about that and Sand and Perrotte eating and mending and knowing e...
I really liked Merrie Haskell’s first two books, and Castle Behind Thorns was one I definitely looked forward to. I liked it a lot, especially the way she showed the relationship between Perrotte and Sand. This is a very different, but quite compelling, take on the Sleeping Beauty story.
A expression that I wouldn't use to describe this book: A Magical adventure (unlike what appears in its synopsis) This is not a magical adventure. This is a book about the journey of two teens, and by journey, I am referring to a journey of the heart. And no, I am not t...
This will be a short review, because I'm so underwhelmed by this book that I don't have much to say. It took me over a month to finally finish reading this. I read a little bit of The Castle Behind Thorns at a time, desperately hoping that something would spark my interest and make we want to read f...
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