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A review by ifollowedthatrabbit
The Will and the Wilds by Charlie N. Holmberg
3.0
~This ARC has been gently provided in exchange for an honest review~
Enna is a twenty-year-old woman who lives with his father. He was a swordsman many years ago; he fought in The War That Almost Was between mystings and humans. As a consequence of being in the monster realm, his brain has been damaged, so he forget things, and he tends to lose the notion of time. Therefore, Enna takes care of his father, and they only have each other. Enna’s mother died when she was little; she was killed by mystings.
They live near the wildwood, so Enna has a mysting garden, with most of the plants and herbs mystings don’t like, because as she says, "one never knows what will emerge from the wildwood, or when”.
One day, Enna realises there’s a gobler -a kind of mysting- near their house, so she places the necessary elements, such as red salts and some herbs, to stop the creature from entering the house, although, it didn’t work at all. Enna decides to summon a mysting who could help her get rid of the gobler. And that’s when Enna meets Maekallus, a very human-like mysting. They make a deal, Maekallus must find the gobler and kill it, but she must give him something in return. What seemed like the best solution, turned out to be one more problem. Enna and Maekallus are now connected, and the price is bigger than she expected. Her soul is at risk.
I liked the story, although, I was expecting something different. Sometimes, I felt like it was a bit slow-paced and kept wondering, where’s the action?, but I liked it overall.
Enna is a twenty-year-old woman who lives with his father. He was a swordsman many years ago; he fought in The War That Almost Was between mystings and humans. As a consequence of being in the monster realm, his brain has been damaged, so he forget things, and he tends to lose the notion of time. Therefore, Enna takes care of his father, and they only have each other. Enna’s mother died when she was little; she was killed by mystings.
They live near the wildwood, so Enna has a mysting garden, with most of the plants and herbs mystings don’t like, because as she says, "one never knows what will emerge from the wildwood, or when”.
One day, Enna realises there’s a gobler -a kind of mysting- near their house, so she places the necessary elements, such as red salts and some herbs, to stop the creature from entering the house, although, it didn’t work at all. Enna decides to summon a mysting who could help her get rid of the gobler. And that’s when Enna meets Maekallus, a very human-like mysting. They make a deal, Maekallus must find the gobler and kill it, but she must give him something in return. What seemed like the best solution, turned out to be one more problem. Enna and Maekallus are now connected, and the price is bigger than she expected. Her soul is at risk.
I liked the story, although, I was expecting something different. Sometimes, I felt like it was a bit slow-paced and kept wondering, where’s the action?, but I liked it overall.