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When Amethyst Faye was six-years-old, she was almost stolen by a monster in the woods on the same night her mother mysteriously disappeared. Ten years, a half dozen psychiatrists, and a slew of diagnoses haven't made things any better; she is still plagued by nightmares, ridiculed at school, and misunderstood by everyone from her teachers to her counselor to her father. And lately, she's been sprouting thick green thorns out of her skin. When the paranoia doesn't end, and the treatment options run out, she's faced with a choice between inpatient treatment or spending the summer with a grandmother she hasn't heard from in a decade. Summer at Gran's in Morgan Springs wins out, just barely, and only because a backwater town sounds marginally more interesting than a mental institution. Amethyst draws the attention of Ben, the boy of her dreams, and Absynth, the creature from her nightmares. Although neither of them is what she expected, Amethyst realizes both Ben and Absynth are exactly what she needs to heal her heart and harness the fairy magic she's inherited. Unfortunately for Amethyst, trying to walk both paths could get her killed, but having to choose between them is far worse. GARDEN OF THORNS AND LIGHT is an exiting new fantasy where sometimes, it's OK to be the monster.
I had no idea what to expect from this novel when I started it, but my gosh, was it a page-turner! Amethyst's initial problems of being a young woman manifesting strange fairy traits are only compounded when she gets packed off to her grandmother's house to spend the summer. Once there, she digs into the mystery of her family and meets Ben, the local boy who steals her heart.Garden of Thorns and Light was fast paced, full of action and mystery, and I blitzed through it in one day because I couldn't put it down. I just HAD to know what Amethyst was up against, who she should trust, and how she'd end up sorting out her problems. I definitely wasn't expecting the sheer amount of heart-wrenching emotion I found in the novel, especially as I got closer to the end. I'm a sucker for a book with stakes, and this one has plenty of them!It was a great fantasy book with just enough world-building to draw me in, but not so much that I got overwhelmed. Instead, it relied on beauty in the prose and a slightly different take on old myths that kept me interested and engaged.
