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Combining the sorcery of The Night Circus with the malefic suspense of A Secret History, Thorn Jack is a spectacular, modern retelling of the ancient Scottish ballad, Tam Lin—a beguiling fusion of love, fantasy, and myth that echoes the imaginative artistry of the works of Neil Gaiman, Cassandra Clare, and Melissa Marr.
In the wake of her older sister’s suicide, Finn Sullivan and her father move to a quaint town in upstate New York. Populated with socialites, hippies, and dramatic artists, every corner of this new place holds bright possibilities—and dark enigmas, including the devastatingly attractive Jack Fata, scion of one of the town’s most powerful families.
As she begins to settle in, Finn discovers that beneath its pretty, placid surface, the town and its denizens—especially the Fata family—wield an irresistible charm and dangerous power, a tempting and terrifying blend of good and evil, magic and mystery, that holds dangerous consequences for an innocent and curious girl like Finn.
To free herself and save her beloved Jack, Finn must confront the fearsome Fata family . . . a battle that will lead to shocking secrets about her sister’s death.
Thorn Jack: A Night and Nothing Novel (Night and Nothing Novels), by Katherine Harbour - Amazon Sales Rank: #886452 in Books
- Brand: Harbour, Katherine
- Published on: 2015-03-10
- Released on: 2015-03-10
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.75" h x .91" w x 6.75" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 368 pages
Thorn Jack: A Night and Nothing Novel (Night and Nothing Novels), by Katherine Harbour Review “Fantasy fans will find much to savor in Harbour’s delicate, myth-conscious prose.” (Publishers Weekly)“Influenced by luminaries like Tanith Lee and Crowley, Harbour delivers an excellent, promising debut novel.” (Romantic Times Book Reviews (James Davis Nicoll))“Now [Tam Lin] emerges again, artfully recreated by debut novelist Katherine Harbour.” (Barnes and Noble Picks for June (James Killen))“Thorn Jack is highly recommended, particularly for those who like their fairy tales dark, enthralling, and a wee bit disturbing.” (Fresh Fiction)“An engaging and entertaining story, offering mystery, frights, young romance, and a chance to brush up on your mythology.” (FantasyBookCritic.com)
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A spectacular modern retelling of the ancient Scottish ballad of Tam Lin—a beguiling fusion of love, fantasy, and myth that echoes the imaginative artistry of the works of Neil Gaiman, Cassandra Clare, and Kami Garcia
In the wake of her older sister's suicide, Finn Sullivan and her father move to a quaint town in upstate New York. Populated with socialites, hippies, and dramatic artists, every corner of this new place holds bright possibilities—and dark enigmas, including the devastatingly attractive Jack Fata, scion of one of the town's most powerful families.
As she begins to settle in, Finn discovers that beneath its pretty, placid surface, the town and its denizens—especially the Fata family—wield an irresistible charm and dangerous power, a tempting and terrifying blend of good and evil, magic and mystery, that holds dangerous consequences for an innocent and curious girl like Finn.
To free herself and save her beloved Jack, Finn must confront the fearsome Fata family . . . in a battle that will lead to shocking secrets about her sister's death.
About the Author
Katherine Harbour was born in Albany, New York, and has been writing since she was seventeen. She is the author of Thorn Jack and Briar Queen, the first two books in the Night and Nothing series, and is a bookseller in Sarasota, Florida.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful. Thorn Jack Review By April Thorn Jack by Katherine Harbour paints an evocative picture of Upstate New York. It is a competent retelling of the Scottish ballad ‘Tam Lin’, modernized for our time. The official summary compares Harbour’s book to Cassandra Clare, Erin Morgenstern and Melissa Marr, personally I think that the most accurate comparison is to Marr. Thorn Jack is a story of a girl who gets caught up with a mysterious race of beings known as the Fatas who have all the allure and all the menace of the fey.Finn is moving from San Diego to a small town in Upstate New York called Fair Hollow with her professor father after the suicide of her sister, Lily Rose. Finn is a college student. She makes friends with her neighbor, a boy named Christie and another girl named Sylvie. The three are an inseparable trio who happen to end up at this concert by a lake which sparks pretty much the entire plot of the book. At the concert, Finn meets Jack Fata who has long dark hair with red tips. Finn is inexplicably attracted to Jack. There, she learns that the Fatas are this weird, wealthy family that does not go to either of the two colleges in Fair Hollow. Finn and Jack continually encounter each other, eventually forming a romance. Of course, this attracts the ire of Reiko Fata, who is Jack’s sister and perhaps not entirely human. Something sinister is going on in the town of Fair Hollow.If you like to read about heroines who are brave, true, and pure of heart, you will like Finn Sullivan. She is a character who starts off feeling a bit unreachable, as she’s experiencing extreme grief. Yet, as she forms her friendships with Christie and Sylvie,she feels like someone I could actually like. She’s loyal to her friends. She will do whatever it takes to keep her friends safe, even when the Fatas begin to mess with her friends. Finn is the sort of character who never gives up, even when the situation is really tough. She’s quite admirable. If you like stories with a strong parent-child bond, you’ll like Harbour’s Thorn Jack.I think that if you are going into Thorn Jack expecting the next great love story, you might be looking in the wrong place. I did not find the romance to be as well developed as I wanted it to be. Now, do not get me wrong, I really enjoyed this book. However, I thought that Finn and Jack lacked chemistry. Yes, they have quite a few scenes together. They have one impressive date. There’s no witty banter though. For much of the book, Jack resists Finn and is not very nice to her. Yet, she’s attracted to him. Maybe because he is a very dark and mysterious character? I do not know. I just did not feel the romance at all. Maybe you will though.What I liked about Harbour’s debut was the excellent world building. If you like books that weave in fairy mythology with modern times, you’ll love this book. It actually makes use of various forms of mythology beyond fairies. It was cool reading about how mythical creatures affect the lives of everyone in a small Upstate New York town. Granted, these mythical creatures were incredibly sinister. You can feel the darkness wafting off the page, almost. There’s so much magic in this book, yet it never overwhelms the story. At it’s heart, this is a story of love and sacrifice and hope, despite the mythological bits.Katherine Harbour’s writing is very lush. As I was reading Thorn Jack I kept thinking that it felt like Halloween and fall in book form. The scenery pops off the page. I felt like I could picture Fair Hollow perfectly. The pacing is unhurried. There is plenty of action for readers who like when things happen in books. Yet, the thing that stands out most with the writing is how real Fair Hollow feels. Harbour has a gift for making a world come alive through her words. I highly recommend this book if you like vivid world building that calls to mind a certain time of year peppered with interesting characters and a fascinating mythology.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful. A Wildly Imaginative & colorful adventure faithful to the Tam Linn Ballad By D. Matlack Being a fan of the Tam Linn ballad and of several novels inspired by it, I naturally had to jump on this one with high hopes. Admittedly the first two chapters had me very worried, Finn's character was so limp and flavorless I was afraid that Katherine Harbour might have jumped into Twilight/Bella territory and I was pretty sore over that idea. Thankfully this is not the case as Finn's initial fugue state is the result of her sister Lilly Rose's death and that once she settles into her new digs, with new friends and school not to forget the mystery that infuses all of HallowHart she begins to perk up and come to life.I found myself over all impressed with Ms. Harbour's imagination and colorful description of the town, the campus with it's antiquated designs and all kinds of mythos carved, welded and painted everywhere you look. I was also very happy that she choose to go old school by presenting the Fey world as beautiful on the surface, yet in truth very dangerous and frightening. Reiko's Fairy Queen is pure manipulative evil and Jack and his kind are the scary bad boys and girls that are simultaneously cool and cruel.The build up of the story was well paced in its sinister cast and the development of the characters is so artfully done that initially I presumed Finn's new friends, Christie and Sylvie to eventually be exposed as Fey themselves as tricks are at every turn and despite the handy use of Tam Linn as a template, Ms. Harbour is imaginative enough to throw a few surprise twists in along the way. In fact, I'll admit I'm not entirely comfortable with all of her artistic liberties. The climatic end did feel overly contrived and for those of us familiar with the original storyline of Tam Linn which requires the Heroine to swing in on the proverbial vine and save the day, it is a bit of a let down for Finn to basically fumble the touchdown leaving Jack to break the game tie with a three point kick. All done in heroic Hollywood style, which feels so jarringly out of place from the tempo of the rest of the book that I actually imagined Indiana Jones coming in and just shooting the evil Reiko rather than engaging in a whip fight - with the equivalent of 4 or 5 car explosions thrown in. It was that convoluted and unnecessary.But over all the story-telling is so strong and colorful, I can bypass it enough that I am very much looking forward to the next two volumes in this series: The Briar Queen and The Nettle King. Ms. Harbour does include a brief bibliography (and soundtrack) when in fact there are many great sources for further reading on this topic. I will also be adding this book to my Tam Linn collection and highly recommend the following titles to anyone who enjoys this one,each unique in their own ways:The Queen of Spells by Dahlov IpcarThe Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie PopeWinter Rose by Patricia A. McKillipTam Linn by Pamela DeanGnat Stokes and the Foggy Bottom Swamp Queen by Sally M. KeehnAs for the suggested soundtrack: 1 and half stars. Too much drowsy hippy-folk that really doesn't match the tone of the story. Also minus some stars for not including basically anything from Evanescence or Siouxsie and the Banshees.
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful. Needs Tighter Writing By Talvi This is clearly a first novel - and after about 30% into the read, it was obvious that the Editor earned her paycheck. For while there are no typos or obvious sentence issues, a sophisticated reader will soon see the problems in the writing's bigger picture: pacing, world building superficiality, lack of originality in characters, and a LOT of superfluous scenes and paragraphs that don't add to the story. With experience, I hope subsequent books tighten the writing.It feels like a concept book in many ways: from the writer's perspective, I could see her saying, "I'll rewrite a more obscure fable like Tam Lin." From the editor's perspective, I can see her saying, "It is a Twilight and Beautiful Creatures' love child AND retelling a fairy tell (so popular now)! Best of all, it's got faeries (another popular YA theme!), and a Scooby Gang (go Buffy!)." And so it comes off as less than the sum of its parts: forced and cobbled together.Story: Finn (Serafina) moves to Vermont from San Francisco after the suicide of her fey older sister. Cue Scooby Gang meet up and then mysterious boy who is clearly supernatural. Can Finn rewrite the tale of Tam Lin by saving her mysterious dark boy from the Fairie Queen?For me, I was very excited by the writing until 30% into the book - it was looking to be 5 stars all the way. And then the supernatural started to kick in and the story ground to a halt. Choppy, abrupt, and unnecessary character POVs changes derailed a lot of the story and pace. Our intrepid heroine would ask someone directly about the fairy folk (the Fatas) and get a roundabout answer, end POV. Then abrupt change to someone else's POV - and we're left wondering why people who know what's going on never give a straight answer and never get asked more than once? It became very frustrating and nearly impossible to stay immersed in the story once the POV left Finn.The characters were very flat - we've seen them all before. Finn's two new friends were pretty much Ron Wesley and Willow from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Love interest Jack was Edward from Twilight. And the murkily evil Fata family were pretty much the evil family from Beautiful Creatures. Other characters were unnecessary - Phouka, for instance, as a love interest for the Ron Wasley character Christie (Chrisopher) could have been excised completely without affecting the story.I still can't figure out why the Fata family fairy queen had a Japanese name and why there were Japanese mythological characters in there (kitsune and a tengu, for example). Muddled between that were copious amounts of Shakespeare fairy references with Yeats dropped liberally (and rather incongruously) as well. It was such an odd mash up.But most frustrating to me was the complete lack of reaction or repercussions to the supernatural world in which the characters suddenly find themselves. Ghosts, witches, fairies - no one seems to be reacting to them at all other than to think they are suddenly hallucinating. It didn't ring true and the book went downhill from that point, bouncing between characters and scenes without a realistic reaction from anyone. As well, the whole point of the Scooby gang seemed to be to get captured so there would be a deus ex machina reaction from main character Finn. The Fatas were pretty stupid.If I was not well read in the YA genre, I likely would have enjoyed this book a lot more. My rating teetered between 2 and 3 stars but I have decided on 3 because I wasn't tearing my hair out with annoyance while reading. I was just, honestly, bored. Too much getting excited about almost learning something and then abrupt dump into someone else's boring POV. Over and over again, never progressing with the plot and with everyone seeming to give cryptic answers for no real point.I hope for future books in the series that the editors tighten up the plot and writing and really hone Harbour's writing to focus on a few characters and not try to overtell the story so disastrously. No more excessive quoting of Shakespeare and poetry, no more 15+ character POVs, and let scenes unravel organically without abruptly ending them after only a few pages.Reviewed from an ARC.
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