Eli isn’t just a teenage girl — she’s a made-thing the witches created to hunt down ghosts in the human world. Trained to kill with her seven magical blades, Eli is a flawless machine, a deadly assassin. But when an assignment goes wrong, Eli starts to question everything she was taught about both worlds, the Coven, and her tyrannical witch-mother.
Worried that she’ll be unmade for her mistake, Eli gets caught up with a group of human and witch renegades, and is given the most difficult and dangerous task in the worlds: capture the Heart of the Coven. With the help of two humans, one motorcycle, and a girl who smells like the sea, Eli is going to get answers — and earn her freedom.
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Rating: 3 Stars
My Review: I actually ordered a finished copy of this one and I was so on board with it. I dived in and was hooked on the story. I finished it in a day and although the start of this story I was fully enjoying it, as the story progressed I started losing interest. I wished that the story would have been cut by at least 50 pages towards the end. As it just started to drag and I just started not caring about what was going on.
Review
Battle Angel Alita meets The Hazel Wood in this sharp-as-nails urban fable that grabs you immediately with its hooked claw and refuses to let go. Jerreat-Poole's prose crackles and sings on the page as a woven spell, carefully cast. ― S.M. Beiko, author of The Realms of Ancient trilogy
A unique, gripping, engaging book by a voice that the genre has been waiting for. The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass is worth your time and your attention. ― Seanan McGuire, award-winning author of the Wayward Children series
Strange and riveting...The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass is an appealing and spooky fantasy. ― Foreword Reviews
...the tight plotting and myriad details will carry teens along on an imaginative adventure. ― School Library Journal
I cannot praise this book enough ... if you’re looking for a case study on metaphors and evocative writing, or if you’re interested in a unique and experimental text that deals with identity, individuality, and the driving motivation of all living things to survive and find their place in the world even if they have to carve that place for themselves. ― Cloud Lake Literary
Contrasting worlds of chaos and fear, power and struggle. Their characters are complicated, not only because of their fantastical natures but also because of their personalities as reflected in their behaviours... ― CanLit for Little Canadians
In the midst of this dark, murderous fantasy, debut author Jerreat-Poole explores complex themes of oppression, abuse, belonging, and identity. A raw and chaotic force of magic. ― Kirkus Reviews
A moving, lyrical debut. Fantasy readers will fall in love with Jerreat-Poole's sharp-tongued assassin and diverse, vividly rendered magical world. ― Heather Fawcett, author of Even the Darkest Stars
Explores the queer potential of witches to evoke themes of difference, chosen families, and becoming one’s true self in worlds both magical and mundane... Jerreat-Poole’s fantasy world is chaotic but voluminous, and readers who love the stuff of magic will find plenty to spark the imagination. ― Quill & Quire
In The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass, Jerreat-Poole creates worlds and characters that are simultaneously magical and infinitely human. ― Tanya Boteju, author of Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens
A unique, gripping, engaging book by a voice that the genre has been waiting for. The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass is worth your time and your attention. ― Seanan McGuire, award-winning author of the Wayward Children series
Strange and riveting...The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass is an appealing and spooky fantasy. ― Foreword Reviews
...the tight plotting and myriad details will carry teens along on an imaginative adventure. ― School Library Journal
I cannot praise this book enough ... if you’re looking for a case study on metaphors and evocative writing, or if you’re interested in a unique and experimental text that deals with identity, individuality, and the driving motivation of all living things to survive and find their place in the world even if they have to carve that place for themselves. ― Cloud Lake Literary
Imaginative… inventive worldbuilding and intriguing characters complement the fantastical setting.
― Publishers WeeklyContrasting worlds of chaos and fear, power and struggle. Their characters are complicated, not only because of their fantastical natures but also because of their personalities as reflected in their behaviours... ― CanLit for Little Canadians
In the midst of this dark, murderous fantasy, debut author Jerreat-Poole explores complex themes of oppression, abuse, belonging, and identity. A raw and chaotic force of magic. ― Kirkus Reviews
A moving, lyrical debut. Fantasy readers will fall in love with Jerreat-Poole's sharp-tongued assassin and diverse, vividly rendered magical world. ― Heather Fawcett, author of Even the Darkest Stars
Explores the queer potential of witches to evoke themes of difference, chosen families, and becoming one’s true self in worlds both magical and mundane... Jerreat-Poole’s fantasy world is chaotic but voluminous, and readers who love the stuff of magic will find plenty to spark the imagination. ― Quill & Quire
In The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass, Jerreat-Poole creates worlds and characters that are simultaneously magical and infinitely human. ― Tanya Boteju, author of Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens
About the Author
Adan Jerreat-Poole is a reader and writer who loves all things fantasy and feminist. They study disability and queerness in popular culture. Adan lives in Kingston, Ontario
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