A Lesson in Thorns
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When librarian Poe Markham takes the job at Thornchapel, she only wants two things: to stay away from Thornchapel’s tortured owner, Auden Guest, and to find out what happened to her mother twelve years ago. It should be easy enough—keep her head down while she works in the house’s crumbling private library and while she hunts down any information as to why this remote manor tucked into the fog-shrouded moors would be the last place her mother was seen alive. But Thornchapel has other plans for her... As Poe begins uncovering the house’s secrets, both new and old, she’s also pulled into the seductive, elegant world of Auden and his friends—and drawn to Auden’s worst enemy, the beautiful and brooding St. Sebastian. And as Thornchapel slowly tightens its coil of truths and lies around them, Poe, Auden and St. Sebastian start unravelling into filthy, holy pleasure and pain. Together, they awaken a fate that will either anoint them or leave them in ashes… From the author of the USA Today bestselling New Camelot series comes an original fairy tale full of ancient mysteries, lantern-lit rituals, jealousy, money, murder, sacred torment, and obsessions that last for lifetimes... ***A Lesson in Thorns is the first of four books in the Thornchapel series.***
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2 primary booksThornchapel
Thornchapel is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2019 with contributions by Sierra Simone.
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Na dit boek weer overal te hebben zien opduiken op o.a. Goodreads en BookTube, wou ik Sierra Simone nog één kans geven. Helaas, toch niet echt mijn ding.
Het boek is mooi geschreven, poëtisch, dreigend en atmosferisch. Maar los daarvan is het verhaal een aaneenschakeling van toevalligheden, zonder diepgang of plot.
De personages zoeken een excuus om met elkaar te slapen en doen dit voor de meest bizarre reden.
Op zich zou ik dit boek derhalve kunnen afschrijven als een breinloos, sexy tussendoortje, ware het niet dat ik het niet heb voor masochisten en dit boek me dus in dat departement ook helemaal niks deed.
Dus naast de mooie, vlotte schrijfstijl had dit boek mij niks te bieden en ik ben dan ook niet van plan deze serie verder te lezen. (Bovendien krijgt het tweede deel echt slechte recensies)
Dus ja, een vluggertje, zonder al te veel plezier.
I went in completely blind for this and honestly I would recommend you to do the same. All you need to know is that there is free for all orgies involved, an almost gothic vibe to the setting, and great spice, (especially if you would enjoy reading voyeur/exhibitionist dynamics)
I loved how unique this was, I've definitely never read anything like this before and it kept me hooked throughout.
The only two things i would complain about this firstly, what was up with our main character's necrolepsy? I understand it's something the author suffers from and wanted to represent that in a character, and she just didn't do it right. There's heavy mentions of it in the beginning and it's almost like she forgot about it in the second half. I wish it was consistently represented throught, it just didn't feel realistic.
Secondly, I wish the dynamics among the different characters were clearer. Something about the way the characters each feel about each other just felt like it wasn't fully fleshed out for me. Maybe that's just because this is the first in the series and maybe later on we find out more about them all.
Overall, I'm glad I picked this up from having it in my tbr for years and Sierra Simone didn't disappoint.
