“Spellbinding.” —Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series
“A delectably immersive, eerie experience.” —Kirkus Reviews
From New York Times bestselling author of The Wicked Deep comes a haunting romance perfect for fans of Practical Magic, where dark fairy tales and enchanted folklore collide after a boy, believed to be missing, emerges from the magical woods—and falls in love with the witch determined to unravel his secrets.
Be careful of the dark, dark wood…
Especially the woods surrounding the town of Fir Haven. Some say these woods are magical. Haunted, even.
Rumored to be a witch, only Nora Walker knows the truth. She and the Walker women before her have always shared a special connection with the woods. And it’s this special connection that leads Nora to Oliver Huntsman—the same boy who disappeared from the Camp for Wayward Boys weeks ago—and in the middle of the worst snowstorm in years. He should be dead, but here he is alive, and left in the woods with no memory of the time he’d been missing.
Nora can feel an uneasy shift in the woods at Oliver’s presence. And it’s not too long after that Nora realizes she has no choice but to unearth the truth behind how the boy she has come to care so deeply about survived his time in the forest, and what led him there in the first place. What Nora doesn’t know, though, is that Oliver has secrets of his own—secrets he’ll do anything to keep buried, because as it turns out, he wasn’t the only one to have gone missing on that fateful night all those weeks ago.
For as long as there have been fairy tales, we have been warned to fear what lies within the dark, dark woods and in Winterwood, New York Times bestselling author Shea Ernshaw shows us why.
Shea Ernshaw absolutely knows how to tell an atmospheric story. I loved this setting. The woods were mysterious and dark and so very intriguing. I fell in love with the Wicker Woods.
I also really loved the backstories of the Walker women. They were so fascinating, and I wish we got the chance to meet them in the flesh.
However, I had a similar issue with the characters as I did with The Wicked Deep. These characters were more interesting than in her debut novel, but I still feel like they lacked depth which made them a bit boring. And once again the side characters were complete throwaways.
I'm definitely interested in what this author will write next. I think she'll write a book that I'll absolutely love, and I cannot wait for that to happen!
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