Alana McCool
A queer dark fantasy novella. i read because I recently read Tesh's Some Desperate Glory and liked it. This is a very different and much shorter story, something I can read in an hour sit, but the same detailed prose and deep world. In Silver in the Woods I can feel the dirt and wet and smell the moss and good rot (and also bad rot). A cute May-December romance hides in the fairy tale. Recommend if you like T Kingfisher's fairy tale novellas, it is in that similar way with darker vibes.
A queer dark fantasy novella. i read because I recently read Tesh's Some Desperate Glory and liked it. This is a very different and much shorter story, something I can read in an hour sit, but the same detailed prose and deep world. In Silver in the Woods I can feel the dirt and wet and smell the moss and good rot (and also bad rot). A cute May-December romance hides in the fairy tale. Recommend if you like T Kingfisher's fairy tale novellas, it is in that similar way with darker vibes.
When I read the review that this book makes you cry ugly tears I did not believe. You know, reviewers exaggerate. And then I got to that scene in the middle of the novel. And I threw down the book and said, "I hate this book", and went to my bed and cried. So it is not false advertising. This book hurts you. And although I have a lot of empathy for Kyr at the beginning because of the situation she is in from birth, she really is the worst person ever. And then at the end you are cheering for her, because she has that kind of long character arc. Books don't make me feel this up and down every day. So, I didn't always like it, but at the end I liked it.
When I read the review that this book makes you cry ugly tears I did not believe. You know, reviewers exaggerate. And then I got to that scene in the middle of the novel. And I threw down the book and said, "I hate this book", and went to my bed and cried. So it is not false advertising. This book hurts you. And although I have a lot of empathy for Kyr at the beginning because of the situation she is in from birth, she really is the worst person ever. And then at the end you are cheering for her, because she has that kind of long character arc. Books don't make me feel this up and down every day. So, I didn't always like it, but at the end I liked it.
I want to say, this is a fun short flipped fairy tale. I loved the world that the author built, both in the human realm and in the fairy realm. I love the greenteeth. i love the characters, especially Toadling. Really I relate to Toadling, she is kind and gentle but the world is not kind and gentle (except for her greenteeth family and at least one human), and she is young and not perfect. I love her, I want to visit her in my mind after the story is over and see what she is doing, see what other stories happen with her.
It is nice to sit down and read a story like this in a few hours, not dragging any, and feel wishing for more but still satisfied.
I want to say, this is a fun short flipped fairy tale. I loved the world that the author built, both in the human realm and in the fairy realm. I love the greenteeth. i love the characters, especially Toadling. Really I relate to Toadling, she is kind and gentle but the world is not kind and gentle (except for her greenteeth family and at least one human), and she is young and not perfect. I love her, I want to visit her in my mind after the story is over and see what she is doing, see what other stories happen with her.
It is nice to sit down and read a story like this in a few hours, not dragging any, and feel wishing for more but still satisfied.
