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Award-winning author Juliet Marillier’s “lavishly detailed”* Blackthorn & Grim series continues as a mysterious creature holds an enchanted and imperiled ancient Ireland in thrall.
 
Disillusioned healer Blackthorn and her companion, Grim, have settled in Dalriada to wait out the seven years of Blackthorn’s bond to her fey mentor, hoping to…

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1 author picked Tower of Thorns as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I love Juliet Marillier's worlds and characters. Her writing is so immersive and detailed but perfectly clear and never gets in the way of the story. She leaves a constant thread of romantic tension between characters that I can never get enough of.

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