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    The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic

    By Leigh Bardugo and Sara Kipin

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    See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone -- Season 2 streaming now!

    Trace the roots of Grisha power and discover this deliciously atmospheric, fully-illustrated collection of Grishaverse fairy tales filled with betrayals, revenge, sacrifice, and love.

    Enter the Grishaverse...

    Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns.

    Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight, of haunted towns and hungry woods, of talking beasts and gingerbread golems, where a young mermaid's voice can summon deadly storms and where a river might do a lovestruck boy's bidding but only for a terrible price.

    Perfect for new readers and dedicated fans, the tales in The Language of Thorns will transport you to lands both familiar and strange—to a fully realized world of dangerous magic that millions have visited through the novels of the Grishaverse.

    This collection of six stories includes three brand-new tales, each of them lavishly illustrated and culminating in stunning full-spread illustrations as rich in detail as the stories themselves.

    This title has Common Core connections.

    A New York Times Bestseller

    "Lushly designed and wonderfully rendered ... Bardugo doesn’t twist familiar tales so much as rip them open." —Booklist, starred review

    "Strong writing, compelling stories, and gorgeous illustrations make this collection a must-have." —School Library Journal, starred review

    "Beautiful imagery conceived from precise, beautiful prose; beautiful cover image and interior illustrations that creep across each page toward a beautiful consummation; beautiful lands inhabited by beautiful hearts." —VOYA, starred review

    "Elegantly crafted...stylishly intricate illustrations...all fans of the darker side of folktales and folktale-like stories will find the stories satisfyingly full of pain, danger, and vengeance." —The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review

    "Gorgeously otherworldly...Any lover of retellings or original fairy tales will enjoy." —Kirkus Reviews

    “Gorgeous, cruel and almost wistful windows onto the dreamscapes and hard lessons of [Bardugo’s] alternate universe … fairy tales with all the darkness intact.” —NPR Book Review

    "Those who seem innocent are shown to be guilty, one-dimensional characters become more complicated, and mothers who once were absent are given presence and power.” —Mashable

    "This new collection will intrigue, awe, frighten, and inspire both stalwart fans and new readers looking for a heady spoonful of fantasy.” —Hypable

    "This nightmare-inducing collection is short but powerful, each tale as brilliant and absorbing as the one before... brilliant storytelling” —Romantic Times

    "Marvelous tales, as full of twists and delights and strangeness as anything found in the Grimm Brothers. Leigh Bardugo is a master." —Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble

    Read all the books in the Grishaverse!

    The Shadow and Bone Trilogy
    (previously published as The Grisha Trilogy)
    Shadow and Bone
    Siege and Storm
    Ruin and Rising

    The Six of Crows Duology
    Six of Crows
    Crooked Kingdom

    The King of Scars Duology
    King of Scars
    Rule of Wolves

    The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
    The Severed Moon: A Year-Long Journal of Magic
    The Lives of Saints
    Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel

    Praise for the Grishaverse

    “A master of fantasy.” —The Huffington Post
    “Utterly, extremely bewitching.” —The Guardian

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateSep 26, 2017
    ISBN9781250122537
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    The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
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    Leigh Bardugo

    Leigh Bardugo is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and the creator of the Grishaverse (now a Netflix series) which spans the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, The Language of Thorns, and the King of Scars duology—with more to come. Her other works include Wonder Woman: Warbringer and Ninth House (Goodreads Choice Winner for Best Fantasy 2019). She lives in Los Angeles and is an Associate Fellow of Pauli Murray College at Yale University.

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    • 5/5
      This was a nice collection of fairy tale like stories. Each one was obviously woven with care by Bardugo. Every single moment of each story was simply stunning. I tend to not like books classified as YA, hey we all have our preferences, but this was done so well that I didn't consider myself reading YA. Instead I just knew I was reading a great collection and reading like this is by far more powerful than worrying about if you like a classification or not. Beautiful work, Breathe- taking illustrations, and just an all together great read.
    • 4/5
      Fairy tales from the land of the Grisha—many of them with similarities to classics like Hansel & Gretel, The Nutcracker, and The Little Mermaid, but always with a twist in the end. The good generally prosper, though usually not as they’d have initially wished, and the bad are usually punished, but in between there is magic and blood. A nice addition to the ‘verse.
    • 5/5
      Presents a collection of six short stories that transports readers to familiar and strange magical lands with haunted towns, hungry woods, talking beasts, and gingerbread golems. Set in the Grisha world.
    • 5/5
      I won't say much - since it hasn't released yet and I don't want to spoil anything anyway - but this is terrifying! I loved every story, every page, every word, and every nightmare. If you're a Grishaverse fan, you won't be disappointed.
    • 4/5
      The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic is, at heart, a book of fairy tales. These stories are set in Leigh Bardugo’s Grisha universe, the same world in which The Grisha Trilogy and the Six of Crows duology are set. Instead of high stakes adventures, we are given several fairy tales that take place in unspecified times within this world.

      Beautiful illustrations by Sara Kipin grace every page. Mostly, the illustrations surround the borders of the pages. Larger one and two page images can be found between one short story and the next. The cover of this book is quite beautiful as well. The dust jacket of the hardcover has a cloth-like feel to it. This adds to the mythological feel of the work. It enhances the idea that this is a book of old, oft-told myths being pulled off a shelf.

      Each short story has a color theme, those being either red or blue. One color or the other is used heavily within the boarder images as well as having a deep red or dark blue tint to the text of the story itself. I like this. It ties the illustrations and the story itself together even more. The separation between one story and another is more obvious than normal. (I tend to flip ahead so I know where chapter breaks/story breaks are). More importantly, this makes both the short stories and the book as a whole feel much more like an old tome filled with old fairy tales. On the other hand, this could make the book a bit harder to read for people with certain eyesight issues. If you think this might be an issue for you definitely check out the book in a library or a bookstore before purchasing if possible.

      The stories within this book are all very good. Each one has that air of myth and magic to them that all fairy tales hold. Despite its roots in traditional fairy tales, all of these stories have endings which rely on sense, cunning, and bravery rather than the ‘true love conquers all’ or ‘the power of friendship beats the odds’. Some of these tales have rather obvious roots in real world fairy tales. Others I was either not familiar with or had roots which were a little more obscured. Those with more obvious roots didn’t feel derivative, being very different from the stories they draw from.

      A couple of these stories have, I believe, been published before on the author’s website. Even if you’ve read them there before, I feel that it is still worth picking up a copy of this book. Not only are the other stories very much worth reading, but the added illustrations and care put into the overall design of the book makes it very worthwhile.

      It isn’t really necessary to have read any of the books in the Grisha Verse to enjoy The Language of Thorns – this includes the original Grisha Trilogy as well as the Six of Crows Duology. These stories are all fairy tales at heart, the sort of myths and legends that have shapes humanity for millennium. Sometimes a place name is mentioned, but not very often. If you haven’t read any of Leigh Bardugo’s other works and are interested in this, I would highly encourage you to pick up The Language of Thorns.

      The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic is an incredibly versatile work that will have fans of both Bardugo’s other series and fans of fairy tales, myths, and legends clamoring for more. I highly recommend adding this book to your own to-read lists.
    • 3/5
      This is a series of short stories.In one story two princes are born and two girls are born to a family--one pretty enough to marry a prince. Mysteriously cattle are slain and the men who are sent to fight the beast are merely a pile of bones the next morning. The ugly daughter is sent to fight the monster because if the monster is slain, the family will get the offered treasure for making everyone safe.In another story, Yeva Luchova is so beautiful that she has to stay in her castle away from everyone, for men would fight for her. Her father decides his daughter should marry and keeps offering her if men will achieve some activity he requests. His daughter just wants a good man.Each story in the collection has a twist and ends differently from a typical fairy tale ending, so they are a little dark but not too dark.
    • 5/5
      This book was absolutely grand, on so many levels. Lauren is an awesome reader , and now my collection of Ravkin tales is complete. These twisted tales, like so many fables today, stem from tales that our cultures have passed down from person to person, all sound familiar. Yet these tales have the most unusual endings or rather, usual decisions made, and not all positive.
      Like anything that Leigh Bardugo creates, it is outstanding in dark, eerie beginnings and even dark subversive endings !!
    • 5/5
      This is a powerful collection of fairytales, and it would have made the Brothers Grimm incredibly impressed. Leigh Bardugo has such a disctinctive ‘voice’ when it comes to her writing, and it lends itself well to allegorical tales such as these, with vivid imagery, and vibrant characters, some frightening, and some beautiful. You can’t help but be drawn into even the most scary stories, just like you did when you heard Little Red Riding Hood’ for the first time, but this you realize is on a much grander and more lavish scale.The book itself is a delight to hold and read, and the illustrations by Sara Kipin make it a keepsake you’ll want to treasure. It’s not a book to rush through and the stories are definitely ones that make you think. Thorny, sumptuous and very clever.
    • 5/5
      This was just beautiful, honestly. The artwork and the stories developing together was an excellent decision, and each story felt unique. The only issue I had with it was that the stories might have felt slow in some parts, but that hardly distracted me from this... collection? Not sure exactly what to call it, but I’m in love.
    • 5/5
      This book was absolutely grand, on so many levels. Lauren is an awesome reader , and now my collection of Ravkin tales is complete. These twisted tales, like so many fables today, stem from tales that our cultures have passed down from person to person, all sound familiar. Yet these tales have the most unusual endings or rather, usual decisions made, and not all positive.
      Like anything that Leigh Bardugo creates, it is outstanding in dark, eerie beginnings and even dark subversive endings !!
    • 4/5
      Welcome back to the Grishaverse, but it will not quite be what you remember. While The Language of Thorns mentions familiar places and powers, this is a whole new look at the world. You'll learn about the fables that your favorite characters grew up with and the cautionary tales told before bedtime. Leigh Bardugo has spun her take on fairy tales and fit them into the Grishaverse.This novel was marketed as a prequel of sorts, but it doesn't ever really connect with the books she has already written. The only thing that makes this part of the same world are the interwoven cities, races and abilities. The final tale did hint at a possible Darkling tie in, but to me, the pieces didn't quite line up enough.This was an entertaining read, but it lacked the thrill of the other books in this world. Retelling fairytales doesn't allow for sudden cliffhangers or deft defying feats. It was a good book, but not something necessary to read if you enjoy her other series. If you want a light read to tie you over until her next book release, then, by all means, pick this one up, but don't expect the same level of excitement.
    • 4/5
      The Language of Thorns is a collection of six, gorgeously illustrated short stories. While all these stories are set in the same world as Leigh Bardugo’s novels, you absolutely don’t have to have read them to enjoy this collection. In fact, The Language of Thorns might be a good place to start if you’re unfamiliar with Leigh Bardugo’s work.Many of the stories are somehow plays on our own fairy tales, including my favorite, “The Witch of Duva,” which is very loosely based on “Hansel and Gretel.” Like, very loosely. I think the seed of the idea came from the fairy tale, but most of it is original. In this story, Nadya and her brother live with their father, a carpenter, in a small village in the woods. Then their mother dies, local girls begin to go missing Nadya’s brother leaves, and her father remarries. It’s a super dark story, and I loved the creeping sense of unease that permeated it. And guess what? It’s available for free on Tor.com! I encourage you to go read it. If you like it, think about picking up the rest of the collection.“The Soldier Prince” is a more obvious riff off of “The Nutcracker.” In this story, a clock-maker/ toy-maker decides to win a wife by doing this really creepy thing where he grooms a girl by giving her mechanical toys, including a magical nutcracker that will fulfill all her romantic fantasies. But what happens when the nutcracker starts to take on a life of his own? “The Solider Prince” is a tale about identity, self autonomy, and the importance of making your own story.By the end of the last story, “When Water Sang Fire,” I’d realized it was an origin story of the sea witch in “The Little Mermaid.” The story itself is beautifully written like everything else in the collection. In the beginning, I really enjoyed the tale of two mermaid singers who are going to spend a year on land, experiencing human life. Stories about female friendship always appeal to me, and I actually read the heroine, Ulla, as asexual, since there was a line about her not understanding everyone else’s sexual attraction. Look, if she’s not canonically ace (I don’t know if anyone’s gotten confirmation from Bardugo), she’s sure has heck coded as it. Only… it turned out to be a villain’s origin story, which left me pretty upset. It feels like asexual protagonists are over represented in villain’s origin stories, and it’s a terrible feeling when you connect so strongly to a character only to have them turn out to be evil. If there were more asexual characters who were straight up heroes/heroines, this wouldn’t bother me as much. As is, “When Water Sang Fire,” fits into a harmful stereotype, making it my least favorite story in the collection.Other stories in the collection aren’t directly taken from any fairy tales I’m aware of and instead follow the forms or have a folkloric feel. The very first story, “Ayama and the Thorn Woods” feels like an original fairy tale. A kingdom has two princes, one handsome and one a monstrous beast, who is kept locked beneath the castle in a labyrinth. A family has two daughters, one beautiful and eye catching and one plain and sidelined. When the monstrous prince escapes the labyrinth and begins terrorizing the countryside, the king offers a reward to anyone who will go try to talk him out of it. Ayama finds herself volunteered by her family who think the reward would make a wonderful dowry for her beautiful sister. I liked “Ayama and the Thorn Woods,” but it doesn’t capture my imagination the way some of the other stories do.“The Too-Clever Fox” almost has the feeling of a fable. In this story, a ragged but intelligent fox decides to save the rest of the woodland creatures when a renown hunter arrives in the nearby village. While I predicted some of the turns the story took, it still managed to surprise me at the end.“Little Knife” is a story that follows the threefold pattern of fairy tales. A noble has a daughter so beautiful that any man who sees her is immediately smitten. He decides the best thing to do is marry her off as soon as possible, ideally to a prince. To avoid angering any one suitor, he devises a contest, which he assumes the prince will win. But a lowly peasant man also wishes to marry the girl, and he finds some supernatural aid from a nearby river. It’s a story that looks like it will follow a familiar path, but Leigh Bardugo isn’t content to leave the beautiful girl as a prize for one of her suitors.I really loved all of the illustrations in The Language of Thorns. They each start with a border along the edges of the page that grows as you flip through the story. At the very end, the border is transformed into part of a larger illustration that covers two full pages. The color palette is restrained, favoring blues and reds to wonderful effect.The Language of Thorns proved that I never get tired of beautifully told fairy tales with feminist themes. Barring my negative feelings towards “When Water Sang Fire,” it’s a beautiful collection that I’d recommend.Originally posted on The Illustrated Page.
    • 5/5
      Many of these stories I had read on Tor previously and rated them on Goodreads, but the new stories for this collection were wonderful. "The Soldier Prince" is my favourite of the lot, blending horror and fantasy, and the reimagining of "The Little Mermaid" in the world of Grisha ("When Water Sang Fire") was great and unexpected. Leigh's writing is poetic and these feel like true folklore tales.
    • 5/5
      One of the best fairy tale collections I've read in years -- rich, creepy, sometimes funny, sometimes sad, but beautifully and hauntingly illustrated, and all original tales. I kept losing time every time I opened the book, because they just would not let me go. In the Grisha universe, but you don't need previous knowledge to enjoy these gorgeous fantasies.
    • 4/5
      This is a collection of six stories by Bardugo. My favorite thing about this book is the unique way the illustrations are done. With each page turn the illustrations grow along the sides of the page and help to tell the story. The book itself is very high quality and beautifully put together.My favorite two stories of the bunch were “The Witch of Duva” and “When Water Sang Fire”. You can see ratings and short descriptions of each story below.Overall this is a beautifully put together collection of stories; the uniqueness of the illustration was a high point for me. If you are a Bardugo fan or love fairy tales in general I would recommend checking this out. This is one of those books you’ll want to set out on your coffee table because of its uniqueness and beauty."Ayama and the Thorn Wood" (4/5 stars)This is a blend of the greek minotaur mythos and 1001 Arabian NIghts. A young woman is forced to approach a terrible beast to help her village; she distracts him with stories and they form a sort of bond. I really enjoyed some of the twists in the stories and how everything played out."The Too-Clever Fox" (3/5 stars)I had read this story previously. This story is about a clever but ugly fox that lives in the woods. He tries to manipulate events to get rid of a hunter that’s moved into the wood. The big twist in the story was very predictable which was the biggest disappointment to this tale. It was still a well done folktale, just not my favorite."The Witch of Duva" (5/5 stars)I had read this story previously as well. This is about a girl named Nadya who must flee into the forest and confront the very thing that has always haunted her. It was an incredibly engaging short story and I was impressed with how well developed the characters were. There are a lot of twists and turns in the story as well. I absolutely loved it!"Little Knife" (4/5 stars)This story was very similar in structure to “Ayama and the Thorn Wood”. It’s a fairy tale about why this small village was cursed and is now deserted. The story has to do with a beautiful girl who is sought after by all who see her. A magician then tries to win her hand by competing with other men at three tasks; only he uses the power of the river in the village to do this with interesting consequences. There is a twist at the end of the story which was enjoyable."The Soldier Prince" (4/5 stars)This is a retelling of The Nutcracker with more steampunk elements than the original story. I liked some of the changes Bardugo made to the story, I love the Nutcracker story and it was fun to see it retold. There are some unique twists to this story as well."When Water Sang Fire" (5/5 stars)I liked this story a lot. It was a blend of Little Mermaid and the Sea Witch folklore. I loved the two main characters and how you could feel right from the beginning that things just weren’t going to go well for these characters. This was a very well done and engaging story.
    • 5/5
      This is the second book I've read by Bardugo (I read Ninth House last year). And I loved it just as much.The first thing to catch your eye is the gorgeous cover and all the beautiful illustrations on each page the grow as each story continues, and starts over with something new for each tale. Many of the stories have characters that those familiar with fairy tales of out Europe will recognize. However, the first story in this collection, 'Ayama and the Thorn Wood' set the reader up for what to 'expect' so well. And that is that expectations based on fairytales many probably heard as children will not be met here. For me, however, that is what makes this book so wonderful and precious."Let me guess," you might say along with the beast, the story ends like.... but at each turn, Bardugo says (along with Ayama in the first tale), "What nonsense!... Of course that's not how the story ends"Content Warning: These are not 'Disney' style fairytales. They are sometimes dark and some contain violence.
    • 5/5
      This was SOOOOOO good.Bardugo has a way with storytelling that I just love. The biggest thing about this book that I fell in love with most, was the fact that It was written to be a prequel to her Shadow and Bone Trilogy. But its not a prequel in the sense that we are used to. These are fairy tales that are passed down and told to the children and people of her world that she created. Going this route it gives us a sense of what type of stories the characters in her later books would have heard as children and I find that fascinating.Each story is inspired from fairy tales that we are already familiar with but twisted into her own story.My favorite out of all of them was The Solider Prince. Barudgo says it was inspired by The Velveteen Rabbit and while I could see the inspiration for it, I was also able to tell she pulled from the Nutcracker and I thought that combination was beautiful.The other great part about the particular edition I read, was the art, it was beautiful and I loved how as each story progressed the boarder about the tale grew with the story that eventually lead to the final image of the story.This is great to read if your in the mood for short fairytales, and its even better as you don't need to read any of her other works to understand them.
    • 5/5
      This was just beautiful, honestly. The artwork and the stories developing together was an excellent decision, and each story felt unique. The only issue I had with it was that the stories might have felt slow in some parts, but that hardly distracted me from this... collection? Not sure exactly what to call it, but I’m in love.
    • 5/5
      I purchased this book from Target. All opinions are my own. ?????The Language of Thorns Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo. I will admit I was skeptical of this book, even at the checkout with it in my hand I thought of putting it back. I am such a lover of fairytales and was worried my image of them would make me second guess. These stories though are not a retelling per say they are more of a twisting with one another in a very unique fashion as to create a darker fairytale that can be it's own story. Some of the stories are dark and twisted but in a way it's almost a beautiful fable. Lesson learned the hard way, sorry for the bad luck kind of story. The illustrations are amazingly detailed and beautiful bringing to life the story one piece and one page at a time. Review also posted on Instagram @jasonnstacie, Goodreads/StacieBoren, and my blog at readsbystacie.com.