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Be swept away by a lush, witchy tale about forbidden magic and missing girls who don't need handsome princes to rescue them. Perfect for fans of The Hazel Wood. Maude is the daughter of witches. She spent her childhood running wild with her best friend, Odette, weaving stories of girls who slayed dragons and saved princes. Then Maude grew up and lost her magic--and her best friend. These days, magic is toothless, reduced to glamour patches and psychic energy drinks found in supermarkets and shopping malls. Odette has always hungered for forbidden, dangerous magic, and two weeks ago she went searching for it. Now she's missing, and everyone says she's dead. Everyone except Maude. Storytelling has always been Maude's gift, so she knows all about girls who get lost in the woods. She's sure she can find Odette inside the ruins of Sicklehurst, an abandoned power plant built over an ancient magical forest--a place nobody else seems to remember is there. The danger is, no one knows what remains inside Sicklehurst, either. And every good story is sure to have a monster.
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0**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley.**
DNF @ 40%
This was, unfortunately, a stylistic mismatch for me. There is nothing inherently wrong with this book or the writing of it, but there is a lot that simply doesn't work for me.
I was initially drawn in by the gorgeous cover. Then, the promise of a missing girl, lost magic, and an ancient magical forest had me all in.
The writing for A Hunger of Thorns is evocative of old school fairytale, which I like, and the odd drifting whimsy which I have seen in The Night Circus and Strange the Dreamer. I actively dislike that writing style, unfortunately. It is a molasses-slow pace that says a lot of words but ultimately moves the plot no where. Combined with a bit of a surprise portal fantasy aspect, which has always been a mixed bag for me, and I don't have any issue cutting my losses early. I cannot imagine giving a rating higher than 3 stars if I did continue and I keep finding excuses not to make progress in this book. The excuses are as severe as starting the next book in the Wheel of Time, which I have managed to read one book per calendar year. But the wheel weaves what it will and A Hunger of Thorns just wasn't for me.
0Maude (and other characters) make mistakes, choose the wrong path, and sometimes make things even worse. But there is well-meaning behind it, and it takes admitting what they have done wrong, sacrifice, and pain to hopefully fix what has broken.
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