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A review by theinquisitxor
Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw
2.0
2.5/5 stars
I so wanted to love this. It has almost everything I enjoy in a story: magical forest, nature, witches, murder mystery. But I did not enjoy the writing style at all, and the insta-love killed me. I think the premise of this story is intriguing, which is part of why I had it on my tbr and got the Owlcrate edition of this book.
But the author writes. Like this. Sentence fragments. Everywhere.
I'm okay with flowery prose, but only when it is done well, and sadly, it's not in this book. The author also tries to dramatize things and little things to be so groundbreaking and extraordinary that it gets old quick. There are also some plot things I didn't understand. The girl, Nora, goes to school. But also apparently not? Sure she's snowed in on a mountain, but she also never thinks about not being able to get to school because of the storm. She talks about how she'll get snowed in for months, but apparently that doesn't hinder her education? Just some little plot things that annoyed me.
I can't stand insta-love and this book has a bad case of it. I could tell from the characters first interactions that they were going to get together, and they sure didn't waste time. Nora also interacts romantically with Oliver when she doesn't even know she can trust him and she worries that he might be a murderer. But sleep with him and kiss him thats fine!!! Totally annoying.
I had hopes for this book, and it was an anticipated release for me filled with a lot of my favorite elements. As I said before, this story and plot had a lot of potential, I just couldn't get past the things that bothered me.
I so wanted to love this. It has almost everything I enjoy in a story: magical forest, nature, witches, murder mystery. But I did not enjoy the writing style at all, and the insta-love killed me. I think the premise of this story is intriguing, which is part of why I had it on my tbr and got the Owlcrate edition of this book.
But the author writes. Like this. Sentence fragments. Everywhere.
I'm okay with flowery prose, but only when it is done well, and sadly, it's not in this book. The author also tries to dramatize things and little things to be so groundbreaking and extraordinary that it gets old quick. There are also some plot things I didn't understand. The girl, Nora, goes to school. But also apparently not? Sure she's snowed in on a mountain, but she also never thinks about not being able to get to school because of the storm. She talks about how she'll get snowed in for months, but apparently that doesn't hinder her education? Just some little plot things that annoyed me.
I can't stand insta-love and this book has a bad case of it. I could tell from the characters first interactions that they were going to get together, and they sure didn't waste time. Nora also interacts romantically with Oliver when she doesn't even know she can trust him and she worries that he might be a murderer. But sleep with him and kiss him thats fine!!! Totally annoying.
I had hopes for this book, and it was an anticipated release for me filled with a lot of my favorite elements. As I said before, this story and plot had a lot of potential, I just couldn't get past the things that bothered me.