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 and bodies
the instruments of war, 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 announces an alliance with the royal family, she
is forced to trade in her knives and trousers for a sumptuous silk gown.
Determined to forge her own path forward, Mia plots a daring escape, but
could never predict the greatest betrayal of all: her own body. Mia
possesses 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.