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Jennifer K. Lambert鈥檚 鈥淎mong the Thorns,鈥� the follow-up to 鈥淣ever the Roses,鈥� is a rare sequel that nearly surpasses its predecessor. Readers need the foundation the first book lays, but this continuation stands as something richer and stranger.

The novel runs on the same timeline as 鈥淣ever the Roses鈥� but from different vantage points, three, to be exact. The twist embedded in that structure reshapes the story in ways that raise more questions than they answer. Lambert uses that uncertainty well, building momentum toward what promises to be an even more ambitious continuation of this world.

Readers who loved the first book for its slow burn will find that patience rewarded here, as threads left dangling in 鈥淣ever the Roses鈥� finally start to pull taut.

Familiar animal companions return alongside new ones, and Lambert鈥檚 affection for them is evident throughout, down to the smallest gestures between character and creature. The dreamworld also gets fuller treatment this time around, and its echoes of artificial intelligence give the book an unexpected, timely edge that just might be my own interpretation, but it鈥檚 a facet I could not help noticing.

The Dream in this book behaves less like a passive backdrop and more like something with its own will, which makes every scene set inside it feel a little more dangerous than the last.

In a recent interview I had with Lambert (aka Jeffe Kennedy), she shared her educational background in studying how dreams work. That knowledge creates an interesting and engaging experience for the reader whenever a character is inside The Dream, and it shows in how precisely the logic of that world holds together even as it bends.

Nothing about it feels arbitrary, which is a rare thing in stories that lean this heavily on dream logic.

At its core, 鈥淎mong the Thorns鈥� is about self-recognition. Rose, Thorn and Sebastien each have to reckon with their own faults and strengths before they can change their circumstances, and Lambert insists that kind of transformation has to start from within. That insistence gives the romance genuine weight beneath its yearning. And it means the tension between the three of them never feels manufactured for the sake of drama alone.

This is romantasy with real heat, sharp wit, sturdy world-building and character arcs that pay off. As one character puts it, 鈥淐ontrol the Dream or it controls you.鈥�

Readers will likely be as impatient as I am for what comes next.

The audiobook, narrated by Imi Hasna, Kishore Walker and Sulin Hasso, handles the novel鈥檚 triple narrative structure with skill and makes for an equally satisfying listen. Audiobook readers can find 鈥淎mong the Thorns鈥� on Libro.fm, a platform dedicated specifically to independent bookstores.

Kara Sandoval is the event coordinator and a bookseller at Books on the Bosque, located at 6261 Riverside Plaza Lane, Suite A-2, or at .