![]() There was and there was not, as all stories begin, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch. “It was when I healed your wings,” she said, “when I touched you for the first time. Melissa Bashardoust's Girl, Serpent, Thorn is 'an alluring feminist fairy tale' (Kirkus) about a girl cursed to be poisonous to the touch and who discovers what power might lie in such a curse. Soraya tugged lightly on Parvaneh’s hair, making Parvaneh look up. She leaned in again, brushing her lips against Soraya’s shoulder. “Yours,” Soraya said, looking Parvaneh in the eye, as if the word were a challenge. Melissa Bashardoust's Girl, Serpent, Thorn is an alluring feminist fairy tale (Kirkus) about a girl cursed to be poisonous to the touch and who discovers what power might lie in such a. ![]() ![]() You’re still my friend? My ally? Tell me. Parvaneh lifted her head, eyes sparkling. It seemed ridiculous that she could still blush in her current position, and yet she felt an unmistakable heat warm her face. You said you were still with me, that you were still my … my what?” ![]() But Parvaneh remained within the circle of Soraya’s arms, her own hands gripping the bars on either side of her, and she whispered into the crook of Soraya’s neck, “What were you going to say before?” Girl, Serpent, Thorn is a tale a rose might tell, lushly perfumed and lined with thorns in all the right places. ![]() “They were pressed so tightly against each other that when Parvaneh withdrew, Soraya felt like a piece of her had been peeled away. ![]()
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