Thornfruit is the first book in The Gardener's Hand trilogy. Together, they uncover a conspiracy that draws them all over Laalvur and beyond. When the thief needs help, Ev doesn't hesitate.

Ev will never lay eyes on the underground city of Adappyr, the stars of the Nightward Coast, or the venomous medusas that glow in the dark depths of the sea.Īt least on her weekly trip to the market, Ev gets to see her thief-the strange young woman who slips by her cart and playfully steals a handful of thornfruit. But the rest of the world feels impossibly far away from her life on a farm outside Laalvur. Mary reviews Thornfruit by Felicia Davin Posted on Apby Danika Ellis Alizhan has grown up in the noble house of Iriyat ha-Varensi, using her secret powers to read people’s minds. None of the other girls in the village had a thief-friend.Įvreyet Umarsad-'Ev' to her parents and her one friend-longs to be the kind of hero she reads about in books. Series reading order is Thornfruit, Nightvine, Shadebloom. When Alizhan discovers that she isn't the only one of her kind, and that a deadly plot threatens everyone like her, there's only one person she can trust.Įv liked having a secret. A queer fantasy trilogy with a polyamorous romance at its heart (two cis women and a genderfluid man). Rescued from abandonment and raised by the wealthy and beautiful Iriyat ha-Varensi, Alizhan has grown up in isolation, using her gift to steal secrets from Iriyat's rivals, the ruling class of Laalvur. Her mysterious ability leaves her unable to touch or be touched without excruciating pain. There were two secrets in Varenx House, and Alizhan was one of them.Īlizhan can't see faces, but she can read minds.