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Average rating4.1
"A true story of the woods, of the fae, and of the heart. Deep and green and wonderful.”—Naomi Novik There is a Wild Man who lives in the deep quiet of Greenhollow, and he listens to the wood. Tobias, tethered to the forest, does not dwell on his past life, but he lives a perfectly unremarkable existence with his cottage, his cat, and his dryads. When Greenhollow Hall acquires a handsome, intensely curious new owner in Henry Silver, everything changes. Old secrets better left buried are dug up, and Tobias is forced to reckon with his troubled past—both the green magic of the woods, and the dark things that rest in its heart. Praise for Silver in the Wood "Alive with old magic, Silver in the Wood made my hair stand on end even as it beckoned me to go deeper, and in the end I couldn't resist."—C. L. Polk "A wildly evocative and enchanting story of old forests, forgotten gods, and new love. Just magnificent."—Jenn Lyons "t is easy to praise flash and sparkle, but the beauty of the simple and lighter-than-air is more difficult to capture. Silver in the Wood's sparkle is that of clear water; its flash the snap of a crackling fire, and Tesh's prose reads like returning to a dream long-forgotten or a song half-remembered. It is, needless to say, excellent."—Alexandra Rowland “Tesh lured me into her rich fairytale narrative with the warmth and strangeness, then hooked me on her intricate characters. Silver in the Wood is a novella of quiet yearning and old secrets, gentle woodsmen and fierce dryads and mothers you really shouldn’t mess with.”—Kerstin Hall
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2 primary booksThe Greenhollow Duology is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2019 with contributions by Emily Tesh.
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Nice story but vaguely disappointing. I wish things were fleshed out more.
Interesting short story based on the Greenman lore, set in a world full of fae and cryptids and people that hunt them. It's seems barely mm - Silver is obviously interested but while Tobias seems to understand sex and homosexuality, he seems barely interested (this seems to change in the second novel but I'm currently reading that). 400 years of being alone will do that to you. The story gets a little dark and spooky towards the end with a somewhat HEA. If you're into paranormal romance, I'd definitely give it a shot.
Beautiful, warm, spooky and new. The story of Tobias Finch, the Wild Man of Greenhollow Wood, was not quite what I thought it would be and a lot more. When I read a sample of it I thought it a cottagecore excuse for a steamy queer romance. It was not. It was romantic and touching and a little sexy, but it also had some great drama and grit, and an ending that suited the overall faerie vibe. The prose is lush and grounded, the dialogue right on point, and the characters painted with skill and reverence. This might be the best novella I've read in the past few years.
Sometimes I want to tell developing writers “You can do whatever you want, you don't have to obey all these little rules. As long as you do it well.” This story does everything well.
Good story. I liked how nice the dryads were. Bonus points for the cat and the lgbt characters
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