yarnofariadne_writes | The Sharpest Thorn

My gothic retelling of Eros and Psyche is now available in ebook and paperback!

In an alternate-universe gothic-flavoured Greece, one war consumes the mortal world while another brews in the realm of the gods. Civil war rages on the island of Syros, and Psyche impersonates the goddess Aphrodite in order to win support for her father's cause. When the goddess curses her in revenge, she sends her son, Eros, to finish the job. Newly questioning his place and power, he refuses, and whisks Psyche away to an enchanted palace out of Aphrodite's sight.
Together, Eros and Psyche build a life of their own in defiance of what is demanded of them, but the secrets they keep from each other threaten their ability to keep it. Psyche betrays Eros and they are torn apart, but they know now what life they want and what they're capable of doing to get it. Each of them must challenge their families and embrace their darkness if they want to find each other again in the light.

This is a book I wrote for an audience of me; I was watching Jean Cocteau's La Belle et la Bête, one of my favourite movies, and thought, "I wish there was a book that felt like this movie." So I wrote it! If you enjoy Gothic literature, dark fairytales, and/or Greek myths, this book is for you, too.

You can pick it up at all these storefronts, or directly from me on Ko-fi. Both Patreon and Ko-fi members can pick up the ebook from my Ko-fi shop at a discount; if you're on Patreon, see the post there or in the Discord for details, or if you're on Ko-fi, you can pick up the automatically discounted version!