RaveBookPageGirl, Serpent, Thorn is YA literature at its best. Characters suspended between two forms—here, human and demon—are ideal metaphors for the half-child, half-adult nature of adolescence. The book’s queer romance conveys the headiness and sensuality of falling in love for the first time ... Girl, Serpent, Thorn is a richly metaphorical story of a teen claiming her identity and her place in the world.