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Song of the Dark Wood by Sheila Masterson
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
This book was so much more than I thought it was going to be! I was expecting a dark read, but I was not expecting to feel as angry as I did for Rowan. Or feel her revenge like it was my own at the end🖤
Rowan is the next Red Maiden. She will be the one to cart souls into the Dark Wood to the God of Death, the Wolf. She's supposed to keep the Wolf happy and carry souls for the next 5 years, but there is something sinister plaguing the Woods and stretching to her town.
Rowan is fierce, asks questions she shouldn't, and would do anything to protect those she loves. I was so angry for everything that Rowan was forced to go through and how she was made to feel. The feminine rage that she has by the end is exquisite 😍🫶🏻
I loves this book and everything that it represented. I'll definitely be rereading it. I was angry or stressing the first half of the book, but by the end I was screaming and cheering for Rowan and the Wolf 🫶🏻
🐺FAVORITE QUOTES🐺
And to all those who cultivate wildness in a world made to tame. Go forth and be a menace.
She knew she would disappear in a matter of years, but at least the Dark Wood would remember her.
“I think I don’t want to die to hold up a world that doesn’t care about me.”
“Love is the thing that holds back the dark.”
“I don’t think we know yet what I might become to protect the people I love.”
How had he ever felt the predator in their relationship when he was so obviously prey to the exquisite woman in front of him?
She’d been alone her whole life, but she wasn’t anymore, and she never would be again, because the forest had always been listening, and it knew her pain well.
Rowan is the next Red Maiden. She will be the one to cart souls into the Dark Wood to the God of Death, the Wolf. She's supposed to keep the Wolf happy and carry souls for the next 5 years, but there is something sinister plaguing the Woods and stretching to her town.
Rowan is fierce, asks questions she shouldn't, and would do anything to protect those she loves. I was so angry for everything that Rowan was forced to go through and how she was made to feel. The feminine rage that she has by the end is exquisite 😍🫶🏻
I loves this book and everything that it represented. I'll definitely be rereading it. I was angry or stressing the first half of the book, but by the end I was screaming and cheering for Rowan and the Wolf 🫶🏻
🐺FAVORITE QUOTES🐺
And to all those who cultivate wildness in a world made to tame. Go forth and be a menace.
She knew she would disappear in a matter of years, but at least the Dark Wood would remember her.
“I think I don’t want to die to hold up a world that doesn’t care about me.”
“Love is the thing that holds back the dark.”
“I don’t think we know yet what I might become to protect the people I love.”
How had he ever felt the predator in their relationship when he was so obviously prey to the exquisite woman in front of him?
She’d been alone her whole life, but she wasn’t anymore, and she never would be again, because the forest had always been listening, and it knew her pain well.