Wintersong (Wintersong, #1)

by S Jae-Jones

[Brittany]

Wintersong is a take on German folklore of the goblin king, it intertwines the beauty of music, longing and loss. The growth of the story feels like a labyrinth and it was honestly fascinating to read through.

The book truly is beautiful. It’s dark and poetic and moody to its core. There really isn’t any light to it, there’s a constant sense of sadness and gloom in the best way possible.

I don’t normally enjoy more poetic/prettily (pretty in the darkest way) written books but this was not overdone. It really does make you feel like you are reading along to a beautifully sad song.

At first I didn’t think I was going to like Elisabeths character, I’m not really a fan of the self deprecating, constantly down on yourself, type characters when it is a constant, but I quickly realized how wrong I was. The history and experiences written into her make you feel for everything she feels about herself and justify her thoughts and actions.

The Goblin King is fascinating. I wish I could say the book would be improved with more knowledge of him but I know that ultimately would not be the case. His mystery is one of the reasons I love him and makes all of the tiny reveals of his past that much better. I want to know more, but I also enjoy the way his character is written to starve me of knowledge about him.