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Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

16 reviews

vixenreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The prose is rich, the love story is tender, and the atmosphere is palpable. It feels like you are travelling deeper and deeper into a dense, thriving wood. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Gore, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Medical content, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Animal death

The novel does explore social isolation, especially within small towns, and what it is like to be a pariah to a community you once belonged to.

maeverose's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Pretty, atmospheric writing. Cute romance. I liked the characters. Overall I liked it but didn’t love it.

Tropes/Themes:
-mm romance
-forest setting
-historical
-folklore/fairtale elements
-dryads
-dark academia (a little bit)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

Eye trauma (but very mild bc it happens to a spirit of sorts, though I think there is still blood) Description of a very old corpse. Loss of a romantic partner (kind of)

lady_moon's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Blood

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence and Grief

brittishliterature's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Read this one about a year ago and didn’t really like the ending, but upon revisiting it and knowing what kind of book to expect, I quite enjoyed it this time around. Followed along with the audiobook narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies, whose voice and narration style was perfect for this book. Overall a lovely little atmospheric novella of the forest and folklore. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Violence

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

ka_ke's review against another edition

emotional relaxing sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Silver in the Wood is a wonderful short story and my first favourite of 2022!  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

wirt's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective fast-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

3.75

Short, pleasant, and quite different than I expected it to be. I resonated very much with the language about the trees, and I appreciated the step away from fae and into something deeper, older. A charming read, for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence