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. But 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.
Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw - release date November 5, 2019
Shea Ernshaw is one of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE authors of ALL TIME (my other top favorite author being Sarah J Maas) and I LOVE anything she writes. Technically, this is a stand alone novel, but I would also highly recommend Ernshaw's first book, The Wicked Deep, because it is just as fantastic (if not even more so) as this book. And, the town of Sparrow from TWD is in Winterwood since they're set in the same universe. Hopefully she'll write more from this magical universe, which is actually set in Oregon!
If you love witches, you'll love Winterwood. Nora Walker comes from a long line of Walker women, all witches, but Nora thinks that she might have missed out on the magic, the nightshade, the rest of her family has had. The Walker women are one with the ancient Wicker Woods, the cursed forest where she finds Oliver, the sweetheart maybe-villain who went missing from the Wayward Boy Camp from the other side of the lake. If you've read The Wicked Deep, you already know that Winterwood is going to have a beautiful, heartbreaking love story written into the mystery. I absolutely adore Shea Ernshaw's romances.
The atmosphere of the novel is FANTASTIC. I wanted to curl up into the pages and see Jackjaw lake for myself, with all the snow, the cold, that forest, the stars, and I'd especially like to explore cemetery for the Walker women next to the lake. The environment is just so beautiful sounding and captivating, just like the town of Sparrow and the ocean from The Wicked Deep. All of Shea Ernshaw's books are lush and beautiful and always leave you wanting more, and Winterwood was no exception!! I read a bunch of reviews that say the plot was predictable or that the characters weren't as in depth as they would have liked, but I don't feel that way at all. I was VERY surprised at certain points and I thought the characters were totally believable! The only thing that I'm sad about was I heard the final version is going to be different from the ARC version, but that just means I'm going to have to buy it again. Money well spent!
10000000000000/5 stars for another excellent Shea Ernshaw novel. I heard that she wants to continue writing more stories within this Sparrow/Wicker Wood-Fir Haven universe, and I will immediately buy anything else she writes. Obviously I recommend this, and also Wicked Deep. I finished this in 4 days. I might have to go reread Wicked Deep now!
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-Taylor
Reviewed on October 3, 2019
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