Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone The Briar King, Book 1, (Paperback)

from kutsuwamushi

I read a lot of fantasy and so I have a low tolerance for certain stereotypes, but I stuck through this one, and am glad that I did. it looks like it will be a fun series to read, if not particularly groundbreaking or original. Specifically, the Princess Anne almost caused me to put the book down...

from BellaFoxx

This is a common story line, a long 'dead' evil is discovered to not be dead, just sleeping. There are many story lines in the book, which is huge, and the first of 4. While some story lines seem to be finished, some are not and you realize that at the end of the book the story is far from done.G...

from sedelia

The storyline of The Briar King is fantastic. I enjoy fantasy plots with a doomsday prophecy and characters who have no idea what they're getting themselves into. There are the stereotypes that one comes to expect in this sort of novel: stubborn, hot-headed princess, naive priest, brave knight, c...

from Eclipse777

I think I would have liked this more if I had read it earlier, I wasn't surprised by anything really as I've felt like I've read this type of characters,plots before in other books, yet it was well done. I would have liked to see more grey type characters personally.

from jrg1316

I liked this book, but it definitely had some flaws. The biggest problem was I didn't feel attached to any of the characters. With the exception of Anne, I didn't get a good sense of each characters' personalities. It just felt like they were going through the motions. Also, the story starts out ...