A review by brianne_k
Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw

4.0

Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy. This did not affect my rating.
*4/5*

"A sleeping forest will allow safe passage. But if it wakes, be prepared to run."

Has one line of text ever given you chills? Given you a sense that you will love the atmosphere of a story? This book has that line for me.

“I am more darkness than girl. More winter shadows than August sunlight. We are the daughters of the wood”

Nora Walker is a witch. Or so they say. The Walker women are all witches. They never leave Fir Haven. If they do, something always pulls them back. They can enter the Wicker Woods on a full moon and not be harmed. They can bring back what has been lost.
Nora enters the woods on a full moon, and finds a boy. A boy who shouldn’t be there. A boy who changes her life. As storm after storm blocks the people of Fir Haven in, Nora decides to unravel the truth behind the mysterious boy. How did he survive the woods? What secrets is he keeping?
Quiet, slow burning, and intense. This novel made me want to curl up by a fireplace with hot tea and snuggle in. The air of mystery, and of magic.

As a bonus, there were little backstories and spell from previous Walker women and I loved it.

I will read whatever Shea Ernshaw publishes.