#thorn jack

[atmilescross]

Its that time of yearrrrr

[rains-of-words]

“The dead do not sleep; they wait, watching, whispering through the winds of time.”

— Katherine Harbour, Thorn Jack

[atmilescross]

Cotillion - Lightspeed Magazine

Celia Townsend’s mother brought up the subject of debutante balls for the first time in June. It was the day after graduation, and they were

Hold me fast, and fear me not—Fiona Mossman

The building is made from the kind of stone that glows in sunshine, a rich, dusky orange; but here there is precious little sunshine, and ev

Hold Fast

and these scarred arms, this scarred / heart does not send men to Hell.

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Playlist on repeat all day ✔️ Binge reading all my favorites ✔️ It's Hallowe'en 🎃

(oh! forgot to put Out of This World by Catherine Lundoff in the picture but I do have a copy of that as well which contains the short story "A Scent of Roses")

[atmilescross]

also five chapters now into my first read of Thorn Jack and oh my gods??? so much more fae content than i expected i LOVE THIS

[mariakureads]

Thorn Jack by Katherine Harbour

3.5 stars

Review under the cut

As it's been a trend for me lately, I'm stuck between a 3 and 4 stars on this one. I loved the free style of writing and poetic descriptions of the settings and characters that Harbour created. She created a very magical setting that made the Fae here hearken back to the dark creatures that Yeats has written about of Scotland and Ireland lore, respectively and I loved that. 

While the book was told in a modern world, the Fae characters still feel old and some not only dress the part but speak in riddles much to the irritation of Finn, the main character who has fallen in love with Jack, one of the jacks of lore and has her world turned upside down and sideways in order to save him without understanding what she's gotten herself into. 

 And here is where I struggled with the rating because as much as loved the writing and the magic it evoked, the romance didn't work for me and considering that Jack was only interested in her because he was commanded to be so by the Fae Queen as Finn's felt more as a bewitchment from the start for the same purpose, a Queen's enjoyment so it left me not believing either where as Finn's love for her family and friends seemed natural that it didn't leave any doubt. 

I'm interested to see if Harbour wrote a book about any of the other characters here so I might be on the lookout because again, I did enjoy her writing style just not the romance.

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[theswoonclub-blog]

@katharbour Series I want to read this summer..... So I've actually already read the first two books of the series; Jack MAJOR Swoon. I need to kick my butt into gear and read the last one, I think I'm just avoiding so it won't end 😁If you haven't read this series I highly recommend it, the story is something fresh and the character development of the secondary characters is on point, also the love story is WOW

[la-knight]

have you heard of a book called Thorn Jack? I think you'd really like it.

Ooh! Looked it up and I’m adding it to my TBR! :D