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The Path of Thorns

By: A.G. Slatter
Narrated by: Louise Williams
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A lush and twisted dark fairy tale suffused with witchcraft, dark secrets and bitter revenge from the award-winning author of All the Murmuring Bones. Exquisite, haunting and at times brutal, listeners of Naomi Novik and Erin Morgenstern will be entranced.

Asher Todd comes to live with the mysterious Morwood family as a governess to their children. Asher knows little about being a governess but she is skilled in botany and herbcraft, and perhaps more than that. And she has secrets of her own, dark and terrible—and Morwood is a house that eats secrets. With a monstrous revenge in mind, Asher plans to make it choke. However, she becomes fond of her charges, of the people of the Tarn, and she begins to wonder if she will be able to execute her plan—and who will suffer most if she does. But as the ghosts of her past become harder to control, Asher realises she has no choice.

From the award-winning author of All the Murmuring Bones, dark magic, retribution and twisted family secrets combine to weave a bewitching and addictive tale.

©2022 A.G. Slatter (P)2022 W F Howes
Action & Adventure Dark Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Revenge Scary Witchcraft
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Sadly not as good as All the Murmuring Bones

I loved the first book, so original with such a strong female lead. This started well but half way through it became very repetitive, everything that happened was predictable and it just got quite boring? A shame because the first book (not a series though) is brilliant!

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Give me more!

I love how assured A G Slatter’s writings is, She careful.y leads you into her darkly magical world and leaves you wanting more and more!

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Captivating Story

A beautifully written story and an equally perfect narrator. Enjoyable all the way through. A mix of fantasy and the common family struggles of reality. Not too heavy on the fantasy so it's easy to follow through without having to learn too much of another world. I'm curious to read the other books by the author.

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Excellent

Dark and intriguing. Something different. Gripping from start to finish. Well read. Worth a credit.

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enjoyable and unique

There's plenty of mystery, mayhem, magic, murder and mythology. interesting characters and good pace.good narration.

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Suspenseful and twisty

There’s a lot going on in this novel and for the first 8 or 9 chapters one doesn’t really know what’s what, but little periodic tidbits give a clue that not all is as it seems. To say more would spoil it, so suffice it to say that there are many many twists, interesting characters and a rich background to this world that seems familiar, and yet is very different to our own.

The narrator is very good (more like 4.5 but that’s not possible), but she got entrenched in a cadence, which tended to lull. Her character voicing and accents were top notch though, so take the criticism with a grain of salt!

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Ok

Not too bad a story for the background however it’s not up there with the best of books.

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Great story

Loved this, a dark secret lies at the heart of Asher Todd, slowly revealed with unexpected outcomes.

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Path of thorns

I picked this one up on sale because I had listened to All the Murmuring Bones and really liked that one. Path of Thorns is a good story, maybe a little bit drawn out. A little bit of magic, witchcraft, unlikely romance, and plotting. It was entertaining. Narrator did a good job of distinguishing characters from one another.

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Was disappointed with this after listening to All the Murmuring Bones which was incredible.

I found the story overworked and the tone of the narrator monotonous- maybe I would have liked it more if I hadn’t listened to the other first

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