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Heart of Thorns

Explore a dark kingdom where magic is exclusively held by women, yet every woman is viewed with suspicion. Follow a protagonist trained to hunt those with magical abilities, only to discover she possesses the very power she was sworn to destroy. This series delves into themes of self-discovery, confronting inner demons, and challenging societal expectations within a richly imagined feminist fantasy world.

Tears of Frost
Heart of Thorns
Soul of Cinder

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  1. 1

    Heart of Thorns

    • 320 pages
    • 12 hours of reading
    3.6(550)Add rating

    Inventive and heart-racing, this fierce feminist teen fantasy from debut author Bree Barton explores a dark kingdom in which only women can possess magic—and every woman is suspected of having it. Fans of Leigh Bardugo and Laini Taylor won’t want to miss this gorgeously written, bold novel, the first in the Heart of Thorns trilogy. In the ancient river kingdom, where touch is a battlefield, bodies the instruments of war, seventeen-year-old Mia Rose has pledged her life to hunting Gwyrach: women who can manipulate flesh, bones, breath, and blood. The same women who killed her mother without a single scratch. But when Mia's father suddenly announces her marriage to the prince, she is forced to trade in her knives and trousers for a sumptuous silk gown. Only, the wedding goes disastrously wrong, and Mia discovers she has dark, forbidden magic—the very magic she has sworn to destroy. Now, as she untangles the secrets of her past, Mia must learn to trust her heart…even if it kills her.

    Heart of Thorns
  2. 2

    Tears of Frost

    • 496 pages
    • 18 hours of reading
    3.6(125)Add rating

    All goes according to plan until she collides with Prince Quin, the boy whose sister she killed.As Mia, Pilar, and Quin forge dangerous new alliances, they are bewitched by the snow kingdom's promise of freedom...but nothing is as it seems under the kingdom's glimmering ice.

    Tears of Frost
  3. 3

    Soul of Cinder

    • 464 pages
    • 17 hours of reading
    3.6(387)Add rating

    After losing Angie, Mia and Pilar journey to the glass kingdom to seek help, though soon their fragile bonds of sisterhood begin to fray. Mia's sensations are creeping back, and with them, a searing grief.

    Soul of Cinder