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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 Magic Scary Witchcraft

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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!

Sadly not as good as All the Murmuring Bones

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

Great story

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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.

Path of thorns

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Second book by this author I have listened to on audible. Very clever interweaving of old tales and new stories. I really enjoyed it and I really like the narrator. So refreshing to have stories wrapped in in one book rather than being dragged across three when they don’t need to be.

What a good story

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

Excellent

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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.

Captivating Story

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interesting plot, narrator had a nice speed, but would have been nice to have a few more variations on the male voices. But overall, I really enjoyed it from beginning to end.

Intriguing plot

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The story was great, and the narrator was good on the whole. The pronunciation of Welsh names (including place names) was so poor it almost felt deliberate. This was very distracting as I ended up yelling the correct names at my phone as I listened as it got so irritating. I’m not sure other languages would have the same poor treatment. Very glad to see the next book in the series has a Welsh narrator. Hopefully they will re-record this one too.

Great story - narrator can’t pronounce Welsh

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Clever story with plenty of intrigue - bit of a ‘who dunnit’. Some slow suspense mixed with satisfying quick action scenes. Doesn’t drag. Very enjoyable and the narrator delivers perfectly with excellent accents. Possibly more stories to come? Would definitely listen to another.

Entertaining story and beautifully read

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The narrator was a little hard to get used to but it was worth it great book will look for another by this author thanks

Loved the story

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