The Characters of Thorn Jack: Phouka Fata

(no spoilers)

Phouka Fata is the chauffeur/lieutenant/cousin to Reiko Fata, the ruler of the Fata family. She's also the hero Jack Fata's friend and confidante. Her motives are ambiguous at best. While her favorite era seems to be the '70s and her style punk-rock chic mixed with girl-next-door, Jack suspects she's much older than she seems. While she appears to be completely loyal to Reiko Fata (and tries to seduce the heroine's friend Christie Hart), she seems less likely to cause harm--although she's no less perilous than the other Fatas.

Early Praise for Thorn Jack!

Here are some great things said about THORN JACK, coming out June 24!

PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY: 'Harbour finds some new ground in this twisty, contemporary reworking of the oft-retold Scottish ballad 'Tam Lin.' http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-228672-7

RT BOOK REVIEWS: 'Harbour delivers an excellent, promising debut novel.' (Four stars out of four and a half.)

BARNES AND NOBLE BOOKSELLERS PICK: '('Tam Lin') emerges again, artfully recreated by debut novelist Katherine Harbour.' http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/06/barnes-and-noble-bookseller-picks-june

KIRKUS REVIEWS: The Best Speculative Fiction Reads for June   https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/best-speculative-fiction-reads-june/

BUZZFEED's 40 SF/F Books to Read in June   http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewliptak/40-sff-books-to-read-in-june-2014-hclt   

THE AUDIO BOOKANEERS 25 Most Anticipated Books of June  http://audiobookaneers.com/2014/06/05/top-25-most-anticipated-books-of-june-2014/

The Characters of Thorn Jack: Caliban Ariel'Pan

(no spoilers)

Caliban Ariel'Pan is a Fata with the face of an angel and the personality of a beast. He is the crom cu, the crooked dog, and may once have been mortal, the son of a chieftain from a Celtic tribe. Caliban was made into a Jack by a Fata queen (known as the Snow Queen), who wanted strong warriors, and , like most mortals touched by the Fatas and made immortal or turned into creatures, he lost his mind. His shadow form is that of a monstrous, white hyena. He serves Seth Lot, the Wolf king, and wears rings that are trophies from his victims. And he's jealous of Jack Fata because Jack is the lover of Reiko Fata, the ruler of Fair Hollow's Fata family...

The Characters of Thorn Jack: Reiko Fata

(slight spoilers)

Reiko Fata is the ruler of the mysterious and eccentric Fata family. Although she appears to be a young woman, she is immortal, a child of nothing and night, and has moved through the true world as a model and an actress, her consort, David Ryder, a Fata and a knight. Her lover is Jack Fata, who is one of the 'family' and under a bitter spell of desire and hate. Other Fatas call her the ban nathair, the white snake. No one in Fair Hollow knows that the Fata family nest in the ruins of the once-magnificent Tirnagoth Hotel, an art nouveau masterpiece built by a wealthy man in the 1920s. No one in Fair Hollow knows that the Fatas are outlaws of their kind . . .

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The Characters of Thorn Jack: Christie Hart

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Christie/Christopher Hart, eighteen, befriends Finn when she first moves to Fair Hollow, almost next door. His last name, 'Hart,' means a stag, which suits his personality. He's the seventh son among six brothers--Liam, Nick, Donovan, Kiernan, Conal, and Aidan--who continue to hang around their rambling, Victorian house. Charisma Danegeld, his mother, is a teacher, and his father, Patrick Hart, is a manager at the Ogun metalworking plant. Christie's hobbies, chief of which among them is young women, are fencing, basketball, and poetry. Attending HallowHeart, he's a liberal arts major with an emphasis on Romantic poetry and in the midst of wanting to be a writer or switching to something practical. His friends are Sylvie Whitethorn, the privileged Aubrey Drake, Hester Kierney, and Nick and Victoria Tudor, as well as the loner, Micah Govannon. Christie's soon drawn to the alluring Phouka Fata, Reiko Fata's lieutenant.
Flirtatious and charismatic, Christie learns his destiny is much more complicated and weirder than he expected.

The Characters of Thorn Jack: Sylvie Whitethorn

(Vague Spoiler)
Sylvie Whitethorn, 17-18, befriends Finn shortly after Finn and her dad move to Fair Hollow, New York, where Sylvie lives with her father, Samuel Whitethorn and her stepmom, Kim. Her father, who is Finnish, owns a salvage/antique shop called Whiskey and Pearls. Her blond stepmom is a Pilates instructor.
Sylvie's mom, Hikaru Miko, a Japanese actress who divorced Sylvie's dad, gave Sylvie the middle name of Sakura, which means 'cherry blossom.' Her father named her Sylvia, which means 'girl of the forest.'
Attending HallowHeart College as a performing arts major, Sylvie aspires to be an actress. Her hobbies are archery, collecting pretty weapons at Renaissance fairs, and making steampunk jewelry. Her friends are the fashionable and economically fortunate Hester Kierney and Aubrey Drake, as well as Christie Hart, whom she's known since childhood.
Sylvie's grandmother was a yama bushi, who spoke to spirits, and her Japanese mother, whom she doesn't speak to, is Shinto.
And Sylvie was once targeted to be stolen by the Fatas when she was an infant . . .