Silver in the Wood: 1 (The Greenhollow Duology)

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I’m so happy to have read Silver in the Wood, I just know it’ll charm a ton of other readers out there! It poured around him thick and steady, binding all together: the long patient strength of the trees that anchored, the deep bright power of the handful of dryads – Tobias felt Bramble clear as day among them, young and strong – and then the small and necessary, bracken and ferns, the mosses and mushrooms.

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i do not make the comparison lightly, but emily tesh has a way with words and characters that i haven’t seen since the death of DWJ. He knew it the same way the woodsman knew it, because he knew trees, but he also knew it with the knowledge of the Wild Man of Greenhallow, who felt every slow green beat of the forest's heart. I can't believe I didn't read this sooner, because once I started it, I devoured it in a single sitting. He looked up through the cloudy panes of his one good window and saw the young man in a well-fitted grey coat stumbling along the track with wet leaves blowing into his face and his hat a crumpled ruin in his hands.Two years after the events of the first story, Silver has become the new Wild Man of the Woods, and Tobias has ended their romantic relationship. It poured around him thick and steady, binding all together: the long patient strength of the trees that anchored, the deep bright power of the handful of dryads--Tobias felt Bramble clear as day among them, young and strong--and then the small and necessary, the bracken and ferns, the mosses and mushrooms. Think of the loveliest, most shivery story you ever read, perhaps from a crumbling book of folk tales, and combine it with a book of nature writing. I became instantly infatuated with Tobias’ life and narrative, especially once Silver was thrown into the mix. If this is you, please enjoy this spoiler tag, handcrafted for your reading pleasure, which will tell you whether you get a happy ending or not.

Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh - Publishers Weekly Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh - Publishers Weekly

Not only it's about a vaguely creepy wood, it actually talks about which trees there are in detail - elms, oaks, and even a mention of gorse (I love gorse) - and there are scenes in which roots and vines are weapons.Pick it up and read it in a forest clearing, perhaps with a circle of salt around you, just to be safe. They say there’s a wild man out here—a priest of the old gods, or a desperate criminal, or just an ordinary lunatic.