Girl, Serpent, Thorn

My personal enjoyment was 2-stars, if I'm being fair 3-stars, but rating it on my YA rating, 4-stars. I highly suspect fans of Shadow and Bone and ACOTAR will like this one. For me this is was a no, likely for hitting the same tropes around toxic BS man, kidnapping, manipulating, blah blah blah, mixed in with romance and “I love you, you're so special,” no thank you! This may be blasphemous, but I think it's a MUCH better book than the former and either on par or better than the latter, IMhumbleO. It is cool to see a story merging and inspired by Western and Persian mythology and I do think there are some good lessons/themes for teens. I am certain 15-year-old me would have loved this for the world, fast-paced story and probably too for that stupid trope, gah.