Book Review: Girl, Serpent, Thorn
Disclaimer: I have voluntarily reviewed this book after receiving a free copy from Edelweiss+, thank you! Title: Girl, Serpent, Thorn Author: Melissa Bashardoust Genre: YA, fantasy, lgbt, retelling Rating: 3,5/5 Goodreads / Amazon / My Instagram / My tumblr So like… This book has monster girlfriends and if that doesn’t convince you to read it I don’t know what will? Soraya is a princess cursed by a div. She’d heard this story millions of times - the story of her mother freeing a woman in a forest and having her captor make her firstborn daughter poisonous to touch. Due to her condition, Soraya has been hidden away in the palace and kept a secret from most of the country. At least until her brother captures a div and brings it to the palace as a prisoner. On her way to find a way to get rid of her curse, Soraya may just have to question everything she’d known about how it came to be. First of all - I love the concept. The inspiration from Persian mythology is refreshing, and the att