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The Trouble is This: I Will Not Sell My Loyalty or My Friendship

Thorn by Intisar Khanani

January 26, 2020 by Emmalita 3 Comments

I have been eagerly awaiting this book for two years. In 2017, shortly after I bought Thorn, it was purchased by Harper Teen. In the past two years, Intisar Khanani has reworked the book and it will be re-published soon. I hope it is wildly successful and makes Khanani buckets of money. I love the way she writes, builds worlds and creates characters. I opted not to reread the older version of thorn, so I don’t know exactly what she’s changed. I received this arc […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: advance reader copy, edelwiess, fairytale retelling, Intisar Khanani, Thorn

Emmalita's CBR12 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: advance reader copy, edelwiess, fairytale retelling, Intisar Khanani, Thorn ·
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A Price More Than Apple Cakes

October 21, 2017 by Emmalita 6 Comments

You really need to jump on the Intisar Khanani bandwagon. Shortly after I acquired her debut novel, Thorn, for my Kindle, HarperTeen bought the book and it’s as yet unpublished companion novel, A Theft of Sunlight. Intisar Khanani is about to become a thing and her books are about to become more expensive. You can still get Sunbolt and Memories of Ash inexpensively, and you should do that ASAP. In the few books I’ve read by Intisar Khanani, she has impressed me with her complex heroines, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: Goose Girl, Intisar Khanani, Thorn

Emmalita's CBR9 Review No:99 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: Goose Girl, Intisar Khanani, Thorn ·
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