anythya 's review for:

Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Edward Durham
5.0

I've held off reviewing this book, mainly because I really wanted to sit with it for a bit.
Like coming out of a reading coma and having to deal with real life again, knowing the book is over, done, no more, and where to go from here.

I had read other reviews, with others saying the ending was satisfying yo them, but I disagree.
I had such sadness in my heart for the ending, and wanted so much more peace for Finn and Bing, but it is Runny and Flackwell that I feel the most heartache for.

This is one of those stories that you can't help but feel deeply, emotionally, understanding of each character and how the lines between what is right and wrong, good and bad, is blurred by such atrocities that define the very nature of each individual.

I could only pity them, each broken and doing what they thought they needed to find inner peace.
Such strongly hurt individuals on both sides.

This was heartbreaking, absolutely terrifying at times, and somehow beautiful in the most melancholic way to me.
It's one that I'll sit with for a while, feeling that deep sadness every time I think about it.

I so hope Jonathan writes another book, I adored this one as much as his Facebook ramblings, it spoke to my soul.