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plumillalectora's review against another edition
3.0
Descubrí el libro gracias a mi suscripción de OwlCrate y ¡menuda sorpresa! Un libro espléndido y bien narrado, que te transmite el frío, el miedo y la aventura. Me encantan las historias de brujas y esta me ha gustado mucho. Un poco naïf para mi gusto y en algunos momentos previsible, pero engancha y enamora.
meganmclaughlin's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
kid_vampire's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
nrogers_1030's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury
courtney_saba's review against another edition
5.0
Well written. Great ending. Compelling story. Intense and vulnerable and complex. Unpredictable for the most part. A favorite.
benquiric's review against another edition
3.0
Le doy 3,75⭐️. Es un libro bueno con un buen misterio/ fantasía. Lo recomiendo? Si y no. En un montón de partes te dicen "romance", es medio mentira como mucho 10 carillas del libro lo representan. Aparte de eso la fantasía y el misterio están impecables. Si buscas romance, no es lo mejor. Pero si buscas fantasía esta bueno
annettebooksofhopeanddreams's review against another edition
4.0
The Wicked Deep was one of my favorite books ever. The atmosphere was amazing and by the end of the book I was in tears. And somehow, and don't ask me why, I didn't get this book right away when it was released. However, last week I had to buy an extra book to not pay shipping (what a pity) and all of a sudden I remembered this one. And the moment it came in, the moment I held it, I wanted to read it right away.
Just like Ernshaw's first book the true star of this book is the atmosphere. Like no other Ernshaw brings this world to life. I had a constant shivering, despite the heat wave, accompanying me while reading. That one time my father yelled my name it scared the crap out of me. I could feel the winter cold, I could hear the rustling of the trees and I felt in every cell of my body that this wood was very much alive.
The plot itself is not very action packed. We know that something has happened during the night of the storm and with every key player we meet we learn more until the pieces of the puzzle click at the very end of the story. It's however not so much a thriller or a horror story, it's more a story of a girl who knows that she needs to figure out what has really happened to figure out who she is and what her role in this world actually is.
And watching Nora figuring herself out is witnessing a truly interesting journey. Especially because Ernshaw also manages to make her emotions feel so real. I could feel Nora's panic and fear. And even though that sometimes led to her not always doing the right thing, it made so much sense and fitted her as a character. And I think everyone can recognize that intense feeling of really wanting something and being terrified that that something will be forever out of reach.
The ending wasn't as emotional as the ending of the Wicked Deep, but I truly enjoyed reading this!
Just like Ernshaw's first book the true star of this book is the atmosphere. Like no other Ernshaw brings this world to life. I had a constant shivering, despite the heat wave, accompanying me while reading. That one time my father yelled my name it scared the crap out of me. I could feel the winter cold, I could hear the rustling of the trees and I felt in every cell of my body that this wood was very much alive.
The plot itself is not very action packed. We know that something has happened during the night of the storm and with every key player we meet we learn more until the pieces of the puzzle click at the very end of the story. It's however not so much a thriller or a horror story, it's more a story of a girl who knows that she needs to figure out what has really happened to figure out who she is and what her role in this world actually is.
And watching Nora figuring herself out is witnessing a truly interesting journey. Especially because Ernshaw also manages to make her emotions feel so real. I could feel Nora's panic and fear. And even though that sometimes led to her not always doing the right thing, it made so much sense and fitted her as a character. And I think everyone can recognize that intense feeling of really wanting something and being terrified that that something will be forever out of reach.
The ending wasn't as emotional as the ending of the Wicked Deep, but I truly enjoyed reading this!
brendalovesbooks's review against another edition
2.0
I didn't really like this at all. I guess it's my fault for expecting something that wasn't necessarily promised. I was hoping for a story about creepy, magical woods and a family of witches. Neither of those things really played a part in this story, except for at the end of each chapter we got a short snippet about the life of one of Nora's witch ancestors. Those were just about the only part of the book I liked.
What I got instead is an instalove story. There's really no reason these two fell in love. They don't even know anything about each other. And it was all so slow and boring. I feel like by the time I was 50% in, I knew exactly what the blurb had told me still, and nothing more. I just really wanted a fairy tale like story, and this wasn't it at all.
What I got instead is an instalove story. There's really no reason these two fell in love. They don't even know anything about each other. And it was all so slow and boring. I feel like by the time I was 50% in, I knew exactly what the blurb had told me still, and nothing more. I just really wanted a fairy tale like story, and this wasn't it at all.
kaeliwolf's review against another edition
1.0
DNF at 115 pages
This book moves so slowly, but I could handle that if anything happened at all, which it doesn't. I read 100 pages and it was just moving in a circle of the same information we already had since page 10 and absolutely no character development. Reiteration does not need to be this thorough.
This book moves so slowly, but I could handle that if anything happened at all, which it doesn't. I read 100 pages and it was just moving in a circle of the same information we already had since page 10 and absolutely no character development. Reiteration does not need to be this thorough.
sylvilel's review against another edition
3.0
Nora Walker is the lonely young witch of Jackjaw Lake. Or - at least her ancestors were witches. Nora however doesn’t seem to posess the same forces as the other women of the Walker lineage. Perhaps she is the first Walker born WITHOUT a nightshade.
On the night of a storm that leaves Jackjaw Lake completely isolated from the outside world, one boy disappears from the boy camp by the shore. Another boy is supposedly dead.
Soon, Nora finds herself and her unreliable heart tangled up in mysteries both worldly and magical - and in a race against death.
I’m not really sure what to think of this book. It’s definitely something I would’ve loved to the point of falling apart at fourteen. And I guess I can say it’s well written; slow-paced and thoughtful and dreamy in a - thankfully - not-too-sappy-way. A dark romance wrapped in pagan magic and a possible murder mystery.
I was very much put off by the intro. It felt like Ernshaw was trying to set the pace a little too forcefully, and thus biting over too much at a time, and I started to expect hating the rest of it. That was only the beginning however, and pretty soon the mood of the story began taking shape, turning into a mixture between Practical Magic and The Wolves of Mercy Falls.
Between piles of huge, epic fantasy tomes, I guess this was a nice little quick fix - a decent palate cleanser if you like.
On the night of a storm that leaves Jackjaw Lake completely isolated from the outside world, one boy disappears from the boy camp by the shore. Another boy is supposedly dead.
Soon, Nora finds herself and her unreliable heart tangled up in mysteries both worldly and magical - and in a race against death.
I’m not really sure what to think of this book. It’s definitely something I would’ve loved to the point of falling apart at fourteen. And I guess I can say it’s well written; slow-paced and thoughtful and dreamy in a - thankfully - not-too-sappy-way. A dark romance wrapped in pagan magic and a possible murder mystery.
I was very much put off by the intro. It felt like Ernshaw was trying to set the pace a little too forcefully, and thus biting over too much at a time, and I started to expect hating the rest of it. That was only the beginning however, and pretty soon the mood of the story began taking shape, turning into a mixture between Practical Magic and The Wolves of Mercy Falls.
Between piles of huge, epic fantasy tomes, I guess this was a nice little quick fix - a decent palate cleanser if you like.