Bitterthorn Faeries Dorothy Valentine is close to

Dorothy Valentine is close to getting her PhD in wildlife biology when she’s attacked by a lion

claw marks raking the doors

5–between Illuminance and book 3

she slowly finds her place among them

Bitterthorn Faeries Dorothy Valentine is close toBlumwald is a town overshadowed by an ancient curse: in a sinister castle in the depths of the wild wood lives a monstrous Witch. Once a generation, she comes to claim a companion to return with her never to be seen again. Now that time is drawing near once more Mina, daughter of the duke, is grieving and lonely. She has lost all hope of any future for herself in Blumwald. So when the Witch demands her next companion, Mina offers herself up though she