Plus, her father, Hank Denney, died a year ago, hit by a drunk-driving teenager. She has almost no rights by law, and the Ku Klux Klan breeds fear and hatred in even Hanalee’s oldest friendships. Source: Copy provided by publisher for reviewĪ thrilling reimagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, The Steep and Thorny Way tells the story of a murder most foul and the mighty power of love and acceptance in a state gone terribly rotten.ġ920s Oregon is not a welcoming place for Hanalee Denney, the daughter of a white woman and an African-American man. Published by Amulet Books on March 8th 2016 (Also, as a totally random side note, these are both $10 on Amazon for a freaking hardcover, and well worth it.) So… let the flailing begin! So like, know that, okay? But I also wanted to post as close to their release dates as I could, and since they happen to be on the same day, which happens to be today so… well you know the drill. In fact, I didn’t want to post these reviews together, to be honest, because I want to make sure you guys know how much love I have for them both. One I have some really relatively coherent thoughts about ( The Steep and Thorny Way), and one I just want to buy copies of the book, give them to all my friends, and sit there while they are forced to read them so I can try to understand the sorcery behind the epicness of this book ( The Serpent King). So you see how this is hard.

I love them for different reasons, and in different ways. I really didn’t know what to do with these two books.

The Steep & Thorny Way by Cat Winters