A review by pearsbooks
The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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

4.0

so grizzly 🤩

dark and violent and relentless and with actual proper real well done enemies to lovers ‼️‼️ what a thrill

deducted 1 star because while the writing was clever and ava reid can really turn a phrase, once she's turned one she's really proud of she just repeats it over and over and fuckin over !! yes I get it "the pale column of his throat," and even just words... someone was "cowed" about 4 times in 2 pages. she said 'sibilant' so much the word has lost all meaning. 
some of the dialogue was quite repetitive too, hashing out the same arguments we already heard and I think the book could have benefitted from being shorter... honestly though these are things the editor should be catching 🥴

STILL. wow. unbelievable that this was her debut. loved it thoroughly.