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After the Forest
by Kell Woods
After the Forest is a fairytale retelling-slash-sequel of Hansel and Gretel, mainly focusing on Greta’s life in a little village, fifteen years after the time of the original tale. She was struggling to make ends meets, the villagers did not like her, and Hans was in debt & did not help one bit.
First of all, the writing is beautiful & I enjoyed reading it very much. The worldbuilding is brilliant & detailed, down to the side characters: Greta’s friends, enemies, neighbors, & other villagers. The book started really strong, and I got to know most of the characters well and deep, I empathize with the majority of them pretty quick. I like the way the story starts with many conflicts, I had a great time figuring out which one would be the main issue. Towards the middle it became a bit tiresome because turns out not all of those conflicts relate to the main story. The third act, which comes with rapidly increasing pace and urgency and a twist, was deeply satisfying for me and wrapped things up neatly. Overall it’s a very great book, especially considering that this was a debut novel. I look forward to the author’s other work in the future.
eARC provided by NetGalley & Harper Voyager AU.
First of all, the writing is beautiful & I enjoyed reading it very much. The worldbuilding is brilliant & detailed, down to the side characters: Greta’s friends, enemies, neighbors, & other villagers. The book started really strong, and I got to know most of the characters well and deep, I empathize with the majority of them pretty quick. I like the way the story starts with many conflicts, I had a great time figuring out which one would be the main issue. Towards the middle it became a bit tiresome because turns out not all of those conflicts relate to the main story. The third act, which comes with rapidly increasing pace and urgency and a twist, was deeply satisfying for me and wrapped things up neatly. Overall it’s a very great book, especially considering that this was a debut novel. I look forward to the author’s other work in the future.
eARC provided by NetGalley & Harper Voyager AU.