The Wildness Within

by Pia Foxhall

Gwyn ap Nudd was supposed to be raised to be one of the greatest warriors of the Seelie Court, but instead - when he is young - he is turned out of his home after a traumatic event, only to be repeatedly trapped and tormented in the neighbouring forest by his cousin until finally...only a semi-wild being remains.

Discovered and captured by a young, Unseelie waterhorse, no one knows if Gwyn is capable of recovery - though that doesn't stop two brothers from trying. But the situation is dire, especially with his cousin still out there, looking for his missing prey...

(168,000 words)

Genres: Fantasy, Romance, M M Romance, LGBT, Fae

561 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Pronouns: They/them

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Reviews

[Claudie ☾ · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

Fans of the FTV definitely shouldn’t miss this delicious Gwyn-on-waterhorse sandwich. 😏

[ellen · Rating 3 out of 5]

i became basically immediately enamoured with gwyn and tracked him normal-style across five of foxhall's novels in the course of one frenzied week. this is the kind of straightforwardly done tropey romance/erotica that self-justifies: i'm not a hurt/comfort or whump person AT ALL, but gwyn would get hurt and i would go 😈 and gwyn would be comforted and i would go 😈 and augus would uncover more gwyn backstory whump and i would go 😈 . EVERY TIME. it did not get old!! very fast, easy, read, comfortable and interesting. contains the perfect amount of puppy play.

[Ave · Rating 5 out of 5]

Content warnings: check the tags
Angst level: 4/10

Definitely the softer Fae Tales! So much softness. So many feeeeeeeels. Poly! Communication! The Raven Prince! Ugh, just let me roll around in this AU please.

Parts I loved as they occur to me:
-the charms
-The Raven Prince and the Oak King talking
-pushy, demanding Gwyn
-Ash and the board games
-Augus needing his own space but still wanting Gwyn by the lake

[Trefoil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reread Dec 2024. Yup, still good.
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An AU of AugusxGwynxAsh . It's sooo good. Over 500 pages. I will definitely reread in the future.