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An Enchantment of Thorns

A Fae Beauty and the Beast Retelling (Court of Fairy Tales Series, Book 1)

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An Enchantment of Thorns

By: Helena Rookwood, Elm Vince
Narrated by: Lucy Brownhill
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A fae beast. A wild beauty. A curse that could doom them both.

As town greenwitch, Aster's dedicated her life to defending her people from the nightmarish fae of the forest. Yet despite her best efforts, each year a girl is taken as a tithe by the Beast who rules the Folkwood. None ever return.

And this year, the Beast claims Aster.

Trapped in a cursed palace, taunted by mischievous, invisible servants, Aster despairs of ever making it home. Then the Beast offers her a bargain—if she can restore his rose garden and break the curse on his court, he will set her free.

But healing the enchanted garden requires more than just growing flowers. It forces Aster to open her heart and face the shadows of her past to discover a power of her own . . .

In doing so, she sees a softer side to the Beast's savage beauty and dark magic. As feelings blossom between the two of them, Aster faces an impossible choice: her people or her heart.

Can Aster break the curse? Or will she doom the Beast—and her people—forever?

©2021 Helena Rookwood and Elm Vince (P)2022 Tantor Fairy Tales Fantasy Fiction Magic Romance Heartfelt
Unique Twist • Exciting Plot • Fantastic Narration • Captivating Storyline • Interesting Embellishments
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I greatly enjoyed the narrator. The book is a fun twist with a lot of unique embellishments to the traditional story

Fun

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It was a lovely twist on the original with some great plot twists thrown in. I do wish they had spent more time with the magic side though and more information on her learning. as the first in the series it keeps me wanting more

Loved the story and the twist on the beloved fairytail

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It was captivating and I enjoyed the story. The narrator was good but can better with different voices.

Very close to beauty n beast

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Great story but it ends in a sort of cliffhanger. Now I need to find out what happens...

Great story!

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ASTER IS THE LOCAL TOWNS HEALER ALSO KNOWN AS A GREENWITCH, AND TAKES THE PLACE OF HER SISTER WHEN THE BEAST COMES TO TAKE A TITHE GIRL, SHROUDED IN MYSTERY, AND DARKNESS ASTER SLOWLY BREAKS DOWN THE WALLS OF THE BEAST, AND DISCOVERS SOMETHINGS ARE NOT AS THEY APPEAR TO BE! IN THE END WILL ASTER CHOOSE HER HEART OR HER FAMILY ? AND THE END OF THE STORY DOES MORE OF END ON A CLIFF HANGER, BUT THE SERIES IS FINALLY COMPLETED FOR AUDIO!
LUCY BROWNHILL DID A FANTASTIC JOB WITH THE NARRATION OF THE SERIES!

HEART OF THORNS

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The narrator is amazing which makes the book very interesting. The story is exciting which u can’t stop listening to.

Great book !!!

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Its a fun interesting story with a lovely twist. I look forward to reading the following books in the series.

Very cute.

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I dont think I would have noticed some of this if other bits of the book hadnt been so good but... The main character changes her mind and attitudes either with very little prompting or for reasons that make no sense. I would like her if she weren't so unforgivably stupid, one minute fending off a murderous fae with her awesome greenwichery, then having to be saved from them like 3 times, then I guess forgetting she had to be saved and inner monolouging about how strong she is because she'd "faced them" . It feels like her changes in attitude are used to keep the story going rather than having real character development or relationship development or anything beyond surface level plot points. Its a decent Beauty and the Beast retelling idea, kind of like COTAR light without the bait and switch? But for a character that we are meant to believe is intelligent and mature (and who sometimes is) she is often motivated or blinded by some very simple and unecessary misunderstandings and emotions, especially when it comes to the beast. Also, I felt I was more told than shown the budding romance. OH, and they drugged her, that was insane, how could I forget? The main reason I kept reading was because I thought the thorn wreath etc at the begining was chefs kiss, and curiosity over the authors version of the cause of the curse.

inconsistent

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The authors changed the name from beast to fae. And other characters alike. It's not that big of a change or retelling.

Boring storyline

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I really don’t care what happens afterwards, it’s never okay to drug someone without consent for your own amusement. I couldn’t keep reading after that point, falling for someone that has such little regard for your own bodily autonomy does not make for a nice romance.

Consent is Key

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