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The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
A Fantasy Novel by Leigh Bardugo
Book 1 of the The Language of Thorns Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Fairy Tale Retellings,
- Short Story Collection,
- Dark Fantasy,
- Illustrated
This book is for you if you're into...
- Fairy tales with dark bargains and dangerous magic
- Lush illustrations that deepen the atmosphere of every story
- Stories where love and revenge blur the lines between right and wrong
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Trace the roots of Grisha power and discover this deliciously atmospheric, fully-illustrated collection of Grishaverse fairy tales filled with betrayals, revenge, sacrifice, and love.
Enter the Grishaverse... Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns.
Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight, of haunted towns and hungry woods, of talking beasts and gingerbread golems, where a young mermaid's voice can summon deadly storms and where a river might do a lovestruck boy's bidding but only for a terrible price.
Perfect for new readers and dedicated fans, the tales in The Language of Thorns will transport you to lands both familiar and strange—to a fully realized world of dangerous magic that millions have visited through the novels of the Grishaverse.
This collection of six stories includes three brand-new tales, each of them lavishly illustrated and culminating in stunning full-spread illustrations as rich in detail as the stories themselves.
This title has Common Core connections.
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