A dark and disturbing fairy tale that also has love and loyalty scattered throughout. The story surrounds children Dora and Thistle. They were brought to this terrible place where there are adults who never grow old, who live the same day over and over, and are cruel beyond measure. Even though the adults never age, the children do. Once they reach a certain point, they are hunted by these barbaric grown-ups and killed. Thistle is coming up to this time and his abuser, Augusta, is more than thrilled to get it started. Just before all of this happens, Augusta is banished. In order to be totally free, Thistle must get Augusta to give him his real name. Off he and Dora go in search of this evil woman. On the way, they see wonderful and terrible things. We also follow Augusta as she wreaks havoc every place she goes. I love going on there journey even though I was cringing at some of the horrific events that happened throughout. The ending was bittersweet but tied everything up nicely.

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