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(2024) When the Tyrant's children go missing in an enchanted forest, the job of retrieving them falls on Veris Thorn: the only person ever to enter the forest and return alive. Tense, surreal, atmospheric, recommended.

6 days left in October, and I feel like if I really focus on reading, I might fully complete my #bookspinbingo this month.

this is exactly my type of eldritch nightmarescape, but I wished for more of this story. the ending could have been the start of a second half!

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This novella, a dark and unsettling fable, drew me in immediately and was impossible to put down. Veris is the only person known to have entered the forbidden north forest and returned. When the Tyrant's children disappear into its depths and the soldiers he sends after them meet a terrible end, the Tyrant compels her to retrieve them, threatening terrible consequences if she fails. A fascinating, lyrical and deeply sad tale of wisdom and grief.