The Thorns Remain

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Delighted because the story was unique. It starts in 1919 in a village in Scotland, one year after the war and with the Spanish Flu pandemic still ongoing, where we met Moira Jean Kinross and her five friends, all youths intending to leave the village for better futures, except for Moira Jean herself. She had intended to leave too, but her fiancé had survived the Great War only to fall to the Spanish Flu, so she stays with her mother. On the night before they all depart, the six friends go to a clearing in the woods to have some fun drinking and dancing around a fire, and there they are approached by and ultimately kidnapped by the Folk Under the Hill. 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. A rose is not just a chic flower. It is a flower that reproduces human life experiences. All quotes about roses carry meaning about people and the philosophy of life. Do not admire the beauty of the flower, but also look for its sense. To better understand it, read the following quotes:

Moira Jean and her friends venture to the forest for a last night of laughter before parting ways. Moira Jean is being left behind. She too planned to leave once - but her lover died in France and, with him, her future. The friends light a fire and dance. But, with every twirl about the flames, strange new dancers thread between them, music streaming from the trees. One of our favourite questions here on the Fantasy Hive: which fantastical creature would you ride into battle and why? You have made everything else seem hollow, faded – everything but you is a shadow, Moira Jean! What is that, if not love?’"Set Bonus: Spending Rage has a chance to cause your next Shield Slam to consume your bleeds on a target, instantly dealing 100% of remaining damage and reducing the target’s damage dealt to you by 10% for 5 seconds. As for other aspects of the story: The settings were vivid- both the real and the fantastical. Some of the fae were endearing, others downright creepy. The relationships between friends and neighbors felt realistic.

Set Bonus: Renewing Mist and its jumps apply Chi Harmony, increasing its targets healing taken from you by 50% for 8 seconds. For the Fae feel forgotten too. Lead by the darkly handsome Lord of the Fae, they are out to make themselves known once more. Moira Jean must enter into a bargain with the Lord to save her friends – and fast, for the longer one spends with the Fae, the less like themselves they are upon return. If Moira Jean cannot save her friends before Beltine, they will be lost forever…

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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 JANUARYA dance with the fae will change everything1919. In a highland village forgotten by the world, harvest season is over and the young who remain after war and flu have ravaged the village will soon head south to make something of themselves.Moira Jean and her friends head to the forest for a last night of laughter before parting ways. Moira Jean is being left behind. She had plans to leave once – but her lover died in France and with him, her future. The friends light a fire, sing and dance. But with every twirl about the flames, strange new dancers thread between them, music streaming from the trees.The fae are here.Suddenly Moira Jean finds herself all alone, her friends spirited away. The iron medal of her lost love, pinned to her dress, protected her from magic.For the Fae feel forgotten too. Lead by the darkly handsome Lord of the Fae, they are out to make themselves known once more. Moira Jean must enter into a bargain with the Lord to save her friends – and fast, for the longer one spends with the Fae, the less like themselves they are upon return. If Moira Jean cannot save her friends before Beltine, they will be lost forever…Completely bewitching, threaded with Highland charm and sparkling with dark romance, this is a fairytale that will carry you away. The Thorns Remain by J.J.A. Harwood – eBook Details After the Dreamer was introduced, I was afraid that there was going to be more romance involved based on the description of the book. While the Dreamer does try to change, they are still a problematic character that I would be uncomfortable with reading a "happy ending". I enjoyed how the story played out and how it was resolved.

This was my first JJA Harwood book and I am a big fan. The pacing was a little slow at first, but once I got about a third of the way in, I was hooked. Set Bonus: Primordial Wave summons a Lightning Feral Spirit that increases your Nature damage dealt by 20% for 15 seconds. So, you see, this book has some rather heavy themes. The cover might convince you this is a light read, but that's a bit misleading. If you're wanting a story about a mortal woman who gets saved by a handsome fae and whisked off to a better world, that's not this story. But it's no less moving. I laughed and I cried. I loved Moira Jean and her strength and her charm and her fire. I loved the memory of Angus, with her, for all that he brought her joy. I even felt Moira Jean's dedication to her village, despite how awful they could be to her. In the end, I empathized with The Dreamer, who, for all his faults, really wants to learn to be human, or just to be better than he was. Ugh, forcing elemental to use the fire build. I want lightning. If I wanted fire I'd play a fire mage. Comment by Revyx on 2023-09-07T17:12:24-05:00 Set Bonus: Set Bonus: Apocalypse summons an additional Magus of the Dead. Your Magus of the Dead Shadow Bolt now fires a volley of Shadow Bolt’s at up to 4 nearby enemies.

Moria Jean and her friends decide to gather around a campfire in the woods after a long days work. A bottle of whisky, and some conversation later they decide to dance… and the Fae join them.