The Thorns Remain

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Red roses have such passionate energy that when writers think of writing a quote about them, it will be enough to gaze on the rose once. This flower resembles a person, which is why it is often compared to a person's character. Sometimes people say, "you look like a rose, but you also have thorns." It is the reason for writing red rose quotes . Here are some options for you: One of our favourite questions here on the Fantasy Hive: which fantastical creature would you ride into battle and why? When not writing, she can be found learning languages, cooking with more enthusiasm than skill, wandering off into clearly haunted houses and making friends with stray cats. From the beginning of Thorns Remain the author does a wonderful job of wrapping you up in this secluded village. The familiarity, the smells, the rhythm and the characters of the novel wraps around the reader like a warm blanket. Then the frayed edges begin to show. The jealousy of others, the judgment, and the losses all culminate in moth ridden holes in our warm blanket but still, even with the holes, it’s comforting because of its familiarity. I think anyone with an imperfect family can relate to that. You love them but there’s always a but…

Welcome to the Hive, Jo! Congratulations on your latest release THE THORNS REMAIN. Firstly , can you tell us what readers can expect? From the Sunday Times bestselling historical fantasy author of THE SHADOW IN THE GLASS comes a tour-de-force of faerie bargains, perfect for fans of THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LA RUE, MEXICAN GOTHIC, and TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY We see such varying opinions from authors when it comes to the time of editing their books. How have you found the editing process? Enjoyable, stressful or satisfying? Set Bonus: Feral Frenzy’s cooldown is reduced by 15 seconds. During Smoldering Frenzy, enemies burn for 10% of damage you deal as Fire over 10 seconds.

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I liked this aspect. Moira Jean is spunky and determined, but she has one big flaw: she's emotionally codependent. When we meet her, she's still mourning Angus and has whitewashed him in her memories. She's a people pleaser, always so nice and helpful to the villagers even when they're nosy and rude to her, and she's so clingy in her relationship with her mother. Given this psychological profile, you'd expect someone like her to cling like a woman drowning to The Dreamer when he offers her everything she'd ever wish for, including love. But that doesn't happen. Instead, Moira Jean has to break away from this codependency and break free from it all to go pursue a better future on her own, as she always wanted. It was a little hard to keep all of the characters straight at the very beginning because we were introduced to so many people, but once I could hold all the characters in my head, it was much more enjoyable.

Then, as though it had been waiting on a near by roof for their arrival, the moon came slanting suddenly through the vines and turned the girl’s face the color of white roses.” One day Moira Jean wants to have a party in the woods and the young ones sneak out. They get a little buzzed with whiskey but then strange things starts happening. Next morning she's the only one of her friends that is still there but all her friends are gone. Here is where her journey with the supernatural starts.VDH... yikes. I seriously hope that gets scrapped and reworked completely. Comment by Nurmat on 2023-09-07T17:25:32-05:00 When I saw that the author of The Shadow in the Glass had a new book coming out, I knew that I had to add it to my TBR list right away! The Thorns Remain by JJA Harwood is a dark adult fantasy hidden behind a whimsical, farm-like setting. The story revolves around Moira Jean, who lives in a village in 1919. She is dancing with her friends one day when they are taken away by Fae. It's up to Moira Jean to make a deal with the Lord of the Fae to save her friends. But when she gets to know the gender-fluid Lord of the Fae, who can change appearances and genders, she starts to fall in love. But then, by the end of the book, the story was its own. Neither a typical Fae/Human bargain tale nor a Tam Lin retelling. It had both, but was still a different story than I expected. I am both delighted and disappointed, truth be told.

Set Bonus: Primordial Wave also casts an Elemental Blast at the target at 100% effectiveness, and grants you all three Elemental Blast bonus effects for 15.0 seconds. Set Bonus: When your bleeds are consumed on a target, their damage dealt to you is reduced by an additional 2% per bleed consumed, the cooldown of Thunder Clap is reset, and the cooldown of Thunderous Roar is reduced by 1 second. Ah, a book that speaks to my soul and spirit. I grew up in Sweden and I've always had a big fascination with the "little folk". Folklore is heavy where I come from and so it seems to be in Scotland and Ireland too. It’s the time that you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important. People have forgotten this truth, but you mustn’t forget it. You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed. You’re responsible for your rose.”The rose is a rose from the time it is a seed to the time it dies. Within it, at all times, it contains its whole potential. It seems to be constantly in the process of change: yet at each state, at each moment, it is perfectly all right as it is.” I love that Frost Mage gameplay is leaning towards Glacial Spike and not spamming stup*d Ice Lances 500 times and when you were not spamming Ice Lances you were spamming Frost Bolt. Damn that was gameplay... Comment by enheru on 2023-09-07T17:12:00-05:00 It’s ok to feel delicate sometimes. Real beauty is in the fragility of your petals. A rose that never wilts isn’t a rose at all.” That did NOT happen in this book. The Thorns Remain is a more classic take on fae/human interactions. The Dreamer is cold and calculating. He has no human emotions and isn't looking for his destined mate. Set Bonus: Activating Combustion increases the critical strike damage bonus of Searing Rage by 100% for 12 seconds.

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Set Bonus: While you are within an empowered Consecration, your abilities have a chance to deal 20% bonus damage or healing as Fire. Mage Set Bonus: Immolate damage increased by 20%. Immolate periodic damage has a chance to grant a charge of Dimensional Rift. This book weaves in Scottish folklore, magic and suspense. There are themes of grievance, edgy relationships, tangled dealings, and coming to terms to difficult situations. The Fair Folk (fae) in this book really make this a successful dark fairy tale. They are much different than humans in that they are very intolerant of the ways of humans and do not process human emotions. I honestly loved that they were not humanlike in the slightest. Also, I kinda really lived the little brownies…