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The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic


A Fantasy Novel


Book 1 of the The Language of Thorns Series


Subgenres & Tropes:

  • Fairy Tale Retellings,
  • Short Story Collection,
  • Dark Fantasy,
  • Illustrated
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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
Publisher Description

See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone -- Season 2 streaming now!

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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