Full review at Wild and Wonderful Reads

Melissa Bashardoust is a magical storyteller — Girl, Serpent, Thorn is wildly fascinating and unique!

This YA fantasy standalone offers so much: an intriguing premise, captivating writing, and an interesting world. With inspiration from Persian culture and the Zoroastrian faith, the story is transportive and I was totally immersed as I read.

If you’re a fan of morally grey characters, you should enjoy this one! Girl, Serpent, Thorn has a fantastic cast of characters with a queer, cursed, antiheroic MC — Soraya — leading the way. I also really liked (as in loved to hate) the villain — the Shahmar!

The poisonous princess plot brought me to this book, but a lot more kept me reading. There are some original aspects and twists to the story that made it hard to put down. Although I really loved this book as a whole, I think it would have benefited from a bit more fleshing out in certain areas, particularly the romance. I would/could have fully supported this as a duology.

Overall, I absolutely enjoyed Girl, Serpent, Thorn and definitely recommend it! I am 2 for 2 with books by Melissa Bashardoust! To say the least, I am a fan and look forward to what will come from her next!

*Thanks to the publisher for providing me with an advanced copy of this book. Please note that it, in no way, had an effect on my opinion or review.