{"id":3478,"date":"2019-07-08T00:02:48","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T04:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=3478"},"modified":"2019-07-09T15:09:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T19:09:55","slug":"cover-reveal-thorn-by-intisar-khanani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/cover-reveal-thorn-by-intisar-khanani\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Reveal: Thorn by Intisar Khanani (+Giveaway!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ubb-blog-tour-banner\"><a href=\"http:\/\/xpressobooktours.com\/2019\/04\/26\/cover-reveal-sign-up-thorn-by-intisar-khanani\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1ThornRevealBanner.png\" alt=\"Cover Reveal: Thorn by Intisar Khanani (+Giveaway!)\"><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today Intisar Khanani, HarperTeen, and Xpresso Book Tours are revealing the cover of and an excerpt from <em>Thorn<\/em>, her YA Fantasy that releases on March 24, 2020! Check out the awesome cover and enter the giveaway!<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And now for the reveal&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Thorn.png\" alt=\"Cover Reveal: Thorn by Intisar Khanani (+Giveaway!)\" title=\"Cover Reveal: Thorn by Intisar Khanani (+Giveaway!)\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>Thorn<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/intisar-khanani\/\">Intisar Khanani<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  March 24, 2020 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/harperteen\/\">HarperTeen<\/a> <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/ya\/\">YA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/fantasy\/\">Fantasy<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 512 <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/37868580-thorn\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p><strong>For Princess Alyrra, choice is a luxury she's never had ... until she's betrayed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Princess Alyrra has never enjoyed the security or power of her rank. Between her family's cruelty and the court's contempt, she has spent her life in the shadows. Forced to marry a powerful foreign prince, Alyrra embarks on a journey to meet her betrothed with little hope for a better future. <\/p>\n<p> But powerful men have powerful enemies--and now, so does Alyrra. Betrayed during a magical attack, her identity is switched with another woman's, giving Alyrra the first choice she's ever had: to start a new life for herself or fight for a prince she's never met. But Alyrra soon finds that Prince Kestrin is not at all what she expected. While walking away will cost Kestrin his life, returning to the court may cost Alyrra her own. As Alyrra is coming to realize, sometime the hardest choice means learning to trust yourself.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2019-07-08T04:02:48+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"Today Intisar Khanani, HarperTeen, and Xpresso Book Tours are revealing the cover of and an excerpt from Thorn, her YA Fantasy that releases on March 24, 2020! 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He watches me, head raised, bright eyes alert. My heart aches for him.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI don\u2019t know how I\u2019m going to free you,\u201d I say, resting my hand on the wooden rail. Tonight there\u2019ll be a guard posted, and even now the kitchen staff pass the door at intervals, just enough of a presence that I dare not let him out. \u201cValka\u2019s the sort that will send you to the knacker when she realizes she can\u2019t ride you. I wish you\u2019d gotten away when you could.\u201d<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI chose to stay, princess,\u201d he replies, his voice deep and gentle.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My mouth drops open. What? \u201cDid you\u2014did you just <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">speak<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?\u201d<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The horse seems mildly gratified by my shock. \u201cYes,\u201d he says.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I can see his mouth move, though his lips don\u2019t quite shape the word that rings in my ears. He\u2019s speaking, out loud, shaping sounds a horse\u2019s mouth has no ability to make.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBut <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?\u201d<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI expect that should be obvious.\u201d<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I press my hand against the top of my head, as if I might thereby straighten my thoughts. Nothing makes any sense at all, except, perhaps: \u201cMagic?\u201d<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He dips his head, for all the world as if he were a courtier.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAre you cursed?\u201d I demand, letting go of my head to catch the rail between us.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNo,\u201d he says, his voice lightening with amusement. \u201cNot at all. It is my nature to be able to speak. I merely prefer not to flaunt it before your kind.\u201d<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"775\" height=\"35\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider.png 775w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider-300x14.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider-768x35.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/all-about-the-author-002-1024x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/all-about-the-author-002.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/all-about-the-author-002-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/all-about-the-author-002-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Intisar-Khanani-Author-Photo-2018-CM-closeup-Low-Res-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Intisar-Khanani-Author-Photo-2018-CM-closeup-Low-Res-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Intisar-Khanani-Author-Photo-2018-CM-closeup-Low-Res-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Intisar-Khanani-Author-Photo-2018-CM-closeup-Low-Res.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Intisar Khanani grew up a nomad and world traveler. She has lived in five different states as well as in Jeddah on the coast of the Red Sea. Until recently, Intisar wrote grants and developed projects to address community health with the Cincinnati Health Department, which was as close as she could get to saving the world. Now she focuses her time on her two passions: raising her family and writing fantasy. She is the author of\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sunbolt Chronicles<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thorn<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0(HarperTeen 2020).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/follow-the-author-001-1024x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/follow-the-author-001.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/follow-the-author-001-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/follow-the-author-001-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniekecohen.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> |<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jennieke_Cohen\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jennieke_cohen\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/jenniekec\/boards\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pinterest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/18001955.Jennieke_Cohen\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goodreads<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"775\" height=\"35\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider.png 775w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider-300x14.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider-768x35.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/enter-the-giveaway-002-1024x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/enter-the-giveaway-002.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/enter-the-giveaway-002-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/enter-the-giveaway-002-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/420b392225\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enter here to win A Fairytale Prize Pack + $25 Gift Card, US Only.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"775\" height=\"35\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider.png 775w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider-300x14.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider-768x35.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lets-talk-001-1024x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lets-talk-001.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lets-talk-001-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lets-talk-001-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>HOW BEAUTIFUL IS THIS COVER?!?!?!?!?!?! Oh my gods it&#8217;s so pretty! I can&#8217;t wait to read this book when it comes out (even though it feels like it&#8217;s <strong>SO FAR AWAY<\/strong> <em>how are we already talking about books that are out next March<\/em>&#8230;)! Are you adding this to your TBR? Let me know in the comments and have a splendiferous day!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/well-wishes-kait-july-2019.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/well-wishes-kait-july-2019.png 600w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/well-wishes-kait-july-2019-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today Intisar Khanani, HarperTeen, and Xpresso Book Tours are revealing the cover of and an excerpt from Thorn, her YA Fantasy that releases on March 24, 2020! 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