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Bonded by Thorns

Beasts of the Briar, Book 1

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Bonded by Thorns

By: Elizabeth Helen
Narrated by: Laurent Darnell, Todd Roddington, Hunter Johns, Josie Gold, Robin Speare
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A Beauty and the Beast Fantasy Romance Retelling

Four handsome fae princes.

One awkward bookworm.

An Enchanted Vale.

A beastly curse to break.

Rosalina O’Connell lives her life in Orca Cove as quietly as she can.

When her father turns up missing, Rosie goes after him and finds herself in the Enchanted Vale, the land of the fae. Where her father has been imprisoned and Rosie has no choice but to make a deal with four fae Princes to take his place.

As Rosie begins to learn more about the four Princes, she discovers that they have been cursed. The Princes must take on the form of demonic wolves every night and with every year that passes, more of their magic fades away.

If the Princes can each find their mate, they will break their curse and free their realm. Rosie is determined to help them…

The only problem is, the more time she spends with the Princes, the more she’s convinced that she’s the one they’re all meant to be with.

A spicy Beauty and the Beast retelling filled with enchanted fae, morally grey characters, a stupidly hot villain and a princess who has found her Prince Charming. All four of them.

Spice x 3

Tropes:

Fated Mates

Forced proximity

Grumpy x sunshine

Enemies to lovers

Why choose

Reverse harem

Enchanted Castle

Awkward Sunshine FMC

Touch her and die

Magical Winter Solstice Ball

Sword crossing

Hot Villain

©2023 Elizabeth Helen (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers Fantasy Paranormal Royalty Magic Winter

Critic reviews

'My newest fantasy escape! Bonded By Thorns is a sweeping introduction to an enchanted fae world brimming with magic, mystery, and romance. Elizabeth Helen expertly combine fractured fairytales and beloved romantasy tropes to craft a compelling story with great characters'

Emily Rath, USA Today bestselling author of North is the Night

'Fun, scorching hot, and absolutely ADDICTIVE. I am obsessed with this series'

Elizabeth May, #1 Sunday Times Bestselling author of The Falconer series

'Enchanted fae, a sexy villain, and morally grey men all wrapped up in the why-choose fantasy romance of your dreams. Beasts of Briar is the perfect series for romantasy lovers everywhere. I’m hungry for more!'

Clio Evans, author of Cosmic Kiss

‘Bonded by Thorns is a fairytale for grown-ups sinking its thorns into your heart and refusing to let go. It’s a wild, beautiful ride with steam that drips off the pages. Elizabeth Helen weaves a story where the “why choose” romance is a complex braid of roses, that'll have you thirsty for every last drop of love, even as the thorn pricks make you bleed. Prepare to be hooked until the very last word — and then left fiending for the next instalment’

Lexi Esme, author of Threads of Fate

'Elizabeth Helen's Bonded By Thorns takes Beauty and the Beast and turns it on its heels. This innovative blend of beloved romantasy tropes paired with a steamy romance featuring not one, but four princes, is now my favorite way to experience the fairy tale classic'

Frankie Diane Mallis, author of Daughter of the Drowned Empire
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This beauty and the beasts retelling.g was really good, mysterious and spicy. The fae realm is enchanting and terrifying in equal measure. Rose gets 4 (maybe 5) beasts, each with a completely different magic and personalities. They kept to the original story andade minor twicks plus a ton of good spice.
I really detested Rosalina's personality, the first 10 chapter's she is an pathetic mess, a total pushover. She is better in the castle but not by much. Also, i don't feel the series needed to be 4 books long, a duology i could totally commit to, but am not so sure about commiting to an entire series.

beauty & the beast retelling

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this book. the story, the world building, the build up, the heartbreaking moments.
people so torn by whats happened to them they find it hard to let someone in.
but does what happened before define us? some might say yes some might think there is more to us. honestly we have yet to find out.
that ending, the mystery. so perfectly left me wanting to know what happened.
so many thoughts and theories.
the only thing I will say is I hope people can get past destroying themselves for whatever they think is 'right' and here's hoping there is enough left if they do.
cant wait for the next 😍

this book...

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i am so disappointed in this audiobook! they read it so very boring that makes me want to put at 2x just to be done faster. waste of money. i wish i didnt buy it. the bad reading performace make me want to stop reading the entire series.

story good voice absolutely horrendous

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great start and have set up the plot for the 2nd book to be even better than the first. some people have said they didnt like the girl narrating the male parts in some places but i thought it was a brilliant performace by her. already purchased the next one

great start, i think book 2 will be better

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I listened to the initial preview and liked the sound of so I bought it but unfortunately this isn't my kind of book. the narration is decent enough and it's pretty well written but the story didn't do it for me and relied a lot of the s** appeal.

should have read the full discussion

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