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booksarebetter's review against another edition
5.0
Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw is a fantasy novel that’s beautiful, lyrical, atmospheric, and mysterious. It involves a witch, a dead boy, and a missing boy found. It blends magical realism with witchcraft, history with enchanting tales of witches throughout the Walker family, that live near the Wicker Woods. It tells about Oliver-the missing boy found in those woods, and Nora Walker-the witch who found him. It has a hint of romance, that’s barely there within the pages. It was perfect for the winter season in terms of when this book should be read.
It’s lyrical prose was enchanting throughout the whole book. It reminded me of why I adore witches in small towns, of haunted forests, of magical spells and enchantments. I was reminded quite strongly of Alice in Wonderland, before she went off to her adventures, eager to see what lay beyond the fantastical. There’s an all boy’s school, there’s a mystery to the story, of what happened to the lost boy, as well as the dead boy. The writing was beautiful, and perfectly captured the atmosphere of the small town setting, back when things were mysterious and wild.
Its easily one of my new favorites of the year (though we’re early in the year, I know, lol) and I’m hopeful to snag The Wicked Deep by the author soon as well since I missed out on that one as well. I’m going to go ahead and rank this one five out of five stars. I really loved this book and hope to buy a copy to add to my collection because the binding of it is beautiful as well.
Final Rating: 5/5 stars!
It’s lyrical prose was enchanting throughout the whole book. It reminded me of why I adore witches in small towns, of haunted forests, of magical spells and enchantments. I was reminded quite strongly of Alice in Wonderland, before she went off to her adventures, eager to see what lay beyond the fantastical. There’s an all boy’s school, there’s a mystery to the story, of what happened to the lost boy, as well as the dead boy. The writing was beautiful, and perfectly captured the atmosphere of the small town setting, back when things were mysterious and wild.
Its easily one of my new favorites of the year (though we’re early in the year, I know, lol) and I’m hopeful to snag The Wicked Deep by the author soon as well since I missed out on that one as well. I’m going to go ahead and rank this one five out of five stars. I really loved this book and hope to buy a copy to add to my collection because the binding of it is beautiful as well.
Final Rating: 5/5 stars!
lexie_b29's review against another edition
5.0
Brilliant plot, great twists. Characters to fall in love with. Atmospheric and emotional - the most gorgeous, perfect book. Couldn’t have loved it more.
ivyhaunts's review against another edition
4.0
I thought this book was really beautiful. There was a lot of emotion and the atmospheric and magical connection to a dark and disturbed wood was truly spellbinding. I loved the raw emotion of the work mostly. The plot was a little lacking in the sense that the twist was obvious from the beginning with Oliver’s appearing and disappearing, the following of the bone moth, etc.
This is a warm and more emotional read. Something perfectly cozy for an icy winter eve.
This is a warm and more emotional read. Something perfectly cozy for an icy winter eve.
addyereadss's review against another edition
5.0
2021 reread
Is this book predictable? Yes absolutely!
Is the romance insta love? Yes for sure!
Is there characters development? Nope not at all!
But you know what, I don't care
Is this book predictable? Yes absolutely!
Is the romance insta love? Yes for sure!
Is there characters development? Nope not at all!
But you know what, I don't care
pinkknight's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
2.75
This book was a nice breather from all the series I'm currently reading. It was just the right fast paced spooky witch filled mystery I needed. I know it wasn't set in the fall but now all I'm thinking about fall on the 2nd day of summer. Whoopsies.
alpalspages's review against another edition
2.0
Beautiful descriptions of the nature of the setting, but the plot felt thin and predictable. I felt that I still didn’t know any substance about the main characters by the end of the novel.
stories_swimming_in_my_head's review against another edition
I liked the plot, but too much cussing. Also the romance was SUPER insta-lovey.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing
Minor: Sexual content
amandaslong's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-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