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by Leigh Bardugo

YA FantasyShort StoriesFairy Tale Retelling 🌶️ 1/5

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8 Books Matched to The Language of Thorns

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Uprooted
by Naomi Novik
🌶️🌶️ 2/5 · 438p · Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling
94% compatibility match. The addictive hits different here.
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Spinning Silver
by Naomi Novik
❄️ 0/5 · 480p · Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling
The ya fantasy you didn't know you needed after The Language of Thorns. Trust us.
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91%
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A Spindle Splintered
by Alix E. Harrow
❄️ 0/5 · 128p · Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling
Shares The Language of Thorns's addictive DNA — same rush, different story.
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89%
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Stardust
by Neil Gaiman
🌶️ 1/5 · 248p · Fantasy, Fairy Tale
94% compatibility match. The addictive hits different here.
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86%
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Tress of the Emerald Sea
by Brandon Sanderson
❄️ 0/5 · 480p · Fantasy, Fairy Tale
Shares The Language of Thorns's addictive DNA — same rush, different story.
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84%
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For the Wolf
by Hannah Whitten
🌶️🌶️ 2/5 · 480p · Fantasy, Fairy Tale
Shares The Language of Thorns's addictive DNA — same rush, different story.
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Compatible reads for intense lovers

81%
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The Darkest Part of the Forest
by Holly Black
❄️ 0/5 · 336p · YA Fantasy, Fairy Tale
The ya fantasy you didn't know you needed after The Language of Thorns. Trust us.
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79%
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Ella Enchanted
by Gail Carson Levine
❄️ 0/5 · 232p · Children's, Fantasy
The book equivalent of finding someone who also cried at The Language of Thorns.
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Uprooted by Naomi Novik — 🌶️🌶️ 2/5 spice, 438 pages

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