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The Night Weaver
SHADOW GROVE IS A PERFECTLY PLEASANT TOWN ...
Shadow Grove isn't a typical town. Bad things happen here. Children disappear, one after the other, and nobody is doing anything about it. Parents don't grieve, missing posters don't line the streets, and the sheriff seems unconcerned.
Seventeen-year-old Rachel Cleary lives on the outskirts of Shadow Grove, next to the creepy forest everyone pretends doesn't exist. Usually the forest is filled with an eerie calm, an unmistakable graveyard solemnity. But the trees have started whispering, forgotten creatures are stirring, and the nights feel darker than ever.
Something is stalking the residents of Shadow Grove, changing them into brain-dead caricatures of themselves. It's up to Rachel to stop the devouring of her hometown before all is destroyed and everyone she loves is forever lost.
Shadow Grove isn't a typical town. Bad things happen here. Children disappear, one after the other, and nobody is doing anything about it. Parents don't grieve, missing posters don't line the streets, and the sheriff seems unconcerned.
Seventeen-year-old Rachel Cleary lives on the outskirts of Shadow Grove, next to the creepy forest everyone pretends doesn't exist. Usually the forest is filled with an eerie calm, an unmistakable graveyard solemnity. But the trees have started whispering, forgotten creatures are stirring, and the nights feel darker than ever.
Something is stalking the residents of Shadow Grove, changing them into brain-dead caricatures of themselves. It's up to Rachel to stop the devouring of her hometown before all is destroyed and everyone she loves is forever lost.
286 pages, Paperback
First published June 19, 2018
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Monique Snyman
27 books132 followersMonique Snyman’s mind is a confusing bedlam of glitter and death, where candy-coated gore is found in abundance and homicidal unicorns thrive. Sorting out the mess in her head is particularly irksome before she’s ingested a specific amount of coffee, which is equal to half the recommended intake of water for humans per day. When she’s not playing referee to her imaginary friends or trying to overdose on caffeine, she’s doing something with words—be it writing, reading, or editing.
Monique Snyman lives in Pretoria, South Africa, with her husband and an adorable Chihuahua. She’s the author of the Bram Stoker Award® nominated novels, THE NIGHT WEAVER and THE BONE CARVER, and the upcoming South African horror series, DARK COUNTRY.
Monique Snyman lives in Pretoria, South Africa, with her husband and an adorable Chihuahua. She’s the author of the Bram Stoker Award® nominated novels, THE NIGHT WEAVER and THE BONE CARVER, and the upcoming South African horror series, DARK COUNTRY.
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January 16, 2020
Great start to series
Fantastical story full of darkness, danger, mystery and lore and all the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to the fae. I had so much fun reading this!
Fantastical story full of darkness, danger, mystery and lore and all the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to the fae. I had so much fun reading this!
September 30, 2019
Shadow Grove isn’t a typical town… bad things happen here. Children are disappearing, but no one seems to notice. Parents don’t grieve, there are no ‘missing’ posters, and the local authorities seem unconcerned. But 17 year-old Rachel Cleary notices. Living on the outskirts of a creepy forest that everyone pretends doesn’t exist, Rachel knows she must take matters into her own hands if she’s to save her hometown.
This book did not work for me. At all. I came so close to putting it down after just a few chapters in, but I thought maybe it would get better? Not so. At about 75-80% I basically DNF’ed it; I skimmed through the last few chapters to see if anything took a turn for the better, and it didn’t. So I’m just reviewing the bit that I read, I don’t even know how it ended.
I don’t rate many books as 1 star; for the most part, I can identify early on whether or the book is working for me and I’ll put it down without even adding it onto my reading goal if it’s not going well. But this book’s cover and it’s synopsis had me SO hopeful for a good, creepy story. But there was no creepy vibes and the world building and background felt incredibly insufficient and because of this I felt no connection to the town or the characters.
While there many aspects that didn’t work for me, the main issue was the writing. This is not an attack on the author, but honestly, the writing was bad. This was a short book, so the story should’ve been direct and concise, but I was SO confused. There were plot points that never really made sense, and many details that either didn’t belong or made you think it was going one direction just for it to dead-end. The author took up too many pages describing things that, in the end, had no effect on the main plot and should’ve just been omitted.
Another major issue I had was that the book was written in present tense, and oh my gosh, it was unpleasant. So many things and characters just felt so incomplete, there was really nothing about this book that worked for me.
This book did not work for me. At all. I came so close to putting it down after just a few chapters in, but I thought maybe it would get better? Not so. At about 75-80% I basically DNF’ed it; I skimmed through the last few chapters to see if anything took a turn for the better, and it didn’t. So I’m just reviewing the bit that I read, I don’t even know how it ended.
I don’t rate many books as 1 star; for the most part, I can identify early on whether or the book is working for me and I’ll put it down without even adding it onto my reading goal if it’s not going well. But this book’s cover and it’s synopsis had me SO hopeful for a good, creepy story. But there was no creepy vibes and the world building and background felt incredibly insufficient and because of this I felt no connection to the town or the characters.
While there many aspects that didn’t work for me, the main issue was the writing. This is not an attack on the author, but honestly, the writing was bad. This was a short book, so the story should’ve been direct and concise, but I was SO confused. There were plot points that never really made sense, and many details that either didn’t belong or made you think it was going one direction just for it to dead-end. The author took up too many pages describing things that, in the end, had no effect on the main plot and should’ve just been omitted.
Another major issue I had was that the book was written in present tense, and oh my gosh, it was unpleasant. So many things and characters just felt so incomplete, there was really nothing about this book that worked for me.
October 22, 2024
When I first started this book, I didn't think I was going to like it. Luckily, I try to stick with getting a quarter of the way through before I make my decision on whether to end the book or continue. I'm glad I did. The beginning came across as some kind of irritating YA book. As it progressed, it started getting a bit more darker and a lot more intriguing. Looking forward to getting my hands on book 2.
August 4, 2019
Originally published on The Nerd Daily | Review by Seven Jane
Simultaneously refreshing and deeply unsettling, The Night Weaver weaves together small-town horror with an intricate otherworldly fairytale to deliver a blend of horror and fantasy that captures the essence of young adult terror seasoned with the stuff of grown-up nightmares.
Children in Shadow Grove are going missing—spirited away into the forest by an unknown presence as if lured into the darkness by the Pied Piper himself. But that’s not the worst part. Nobody is looking for them—in fact, nobody seems to even acknowledge they’re missing at all. There’s no missing posters, no search parties, no frantic parents. This isn’t the first time something tragic has happened in Shadow Grove, either. The town’s history is peppered with the strange and the horrific, from poisoned school lunches to devastating factory fires—all events that have been glossed over in the town’s history with startlingly bland recall. The only people who seem concerned about the newest calamity are the kids that have not yet been taken.
Rachel Cleary’s family, along with her neighbors the Crenchaws, harbor a clandestine, multigenerational obligation: to guard the perimeter of the forest at the edge of Shadow Grove, maintaining an uneasy peace with the magical beings who live in the forest. It’s not so much a matter about keeping things out of the forest but keeping other naughty nighttime beasties in. And for years, it’s worked—a delicate, if tenuous, balance has been more-or-less kept, even if the occasional shadow does slip through the bounds. But now it seems like something nastier than usual has made its—her— way through the cracks: “There’s something wrong with the forest. It’s waking up.”
In addition to the recent slew of missing children, the adults of Shadow Grove are acting….very Stepford…but Rachel suspects there’s a deeper link to the strange events in Shadow Grove—and this new darkness is not only far from over, but it may be deep enough to swallow the town whole. With the help of her eccentric, elderly neighbor, a Scottish hottie, a childhood friend turned handsome socialite, and a super hot fae prince, Rachel discovers that the dark presence lurking around the edges of the forest of Shadow Grove belongs to the Night Weaver. Modeled off the Black Annis, a blue-faced, iron-clawed, child-gobbling bogeyman in English folklore, the Night Weaver doesn’t only prey upon the flesh of children, but on grief, fear, and pain—making her both the monster under the bed in a scared child’s bedroom and a fitting personification of the dark shadow that lives in the back of the mind of anyone who has experienced tragedy. If Rachel wants to save the missing children and the adults of her Shadow Grove, she’ll have accept that the small town she’s grown up in is anything other than normal, and that sometimes nothing is as it seems—and that the only way to find your way out of the darkness is to move toward the light.
Though at times the story moves perhaps a little too quickly and is not entirely free of YA tropes, The Night Weaver is nonetheless a well-laid dark fantasy and a clear entrance into a new series that will invite in a new generation of horror readers.
Simultaneously refreshing and deeply unsettling, The Night Weaver weaves together small-town horror with an intricate otherworldly fairytale to deliver a blend of horror and fantasy that captures the essence of young adult terror seasoned with the stuff of grown-up nightmares.
Children in Shadow Grove are going missing—spirited away into the forest by an unknown presence as if lured into the darkness by the Pied Piper himself. But that’s not the worst part. Nobody is looking for them—in fact, nobody seems to even acknowledge they’re missing at all. There’s no missing posters, no search parties, no frantic parents. This isn’t the first time something tragic has happened in Shadow Grove, either. The town’s history is peppered with the strange and the horrific, from poisoned school lunches to devastating factory fires—all events that have been glossed over in the town’s history with startlingly bland recall. The only people who seem concerned about the newest calamity are the kids that have not yet been taken.
Rachel Cleary’s family, along with her neighbors the Crenchaws, harbor a clandestine, multigenerational obligation: to guard the perimeter of the forest at the edge of Shadow Grove, maintaining an uneasy peace with the magical beings who live in the forest. It’s not so much a matter about keeping things out of the forest but keeping other naughty nighttime beasties in. And for years, it’s worked—a delicate, if tenuous, balance has been more-or-less kept, even if the occasional shadow does slip through the bounds. But now it seems like something nastier than usual has made its—her— way through the cracks: “There’s something wrong with the forest. It’s waking up.”
In addition to the recent slew of missing children, the adults of Shadow Grove are acting….very Stepford…but Rachel suspects there’s a deeper link to the strange events in Shadow Grove—and this new darkness is not only far from over, but it may be deep enough to swallow the town whole. With the help of her eccentric, elderly neighbor, a Scottish hottie, a childhood friend turned handsome socialite, and a super hot fae prince, Rachel discovers that the dark presence lurking around the edges of the forest of Shadow Grove belongs to the Night Weaver. Modeled off the Black Annis, a blue-faced, iron-clawed, child-gobbling bogeyman in English folklore, the Night Weaver doesn’t only prey upon the flesh of children, but on grief, fear, and pain—making her both the monster under the bed in a scared child’s bedroom and a fitting personification of the dark shadow that lives in the back of the mind of anyone who has experienced tragedy. If Rachel wants to save the missing children and the adults of her Shadow Grove, she’ll have accept that the small town she’s grown up in is anything other than normal, and that sometimes nothing is as it seems—and that the only way to find your way out of the darkness is to move toward the light.
Though at times the story moves perhaps a little too quickly and is not entirely free of YA tropes, The Night Weaver is nonetheless a well-laid dark fantasy and a clear entrance into a new series that will invite in a new generation of horror readers.
July 24, 2020
"The best regrets are often worth it."
I was a little hesitant to read this since it was compared to a sparkly vampire novel,but I pushed those thoughts aside to try this out. It had a solid storyline and kept me entertained. It was a pretty decent book even though it wasn’t as horror filled as I had hoped.
I was a little hesitant to read this since it was compared to a sparkly vampire novel,but I pushed those thoughts aside to try this out. It had a solid storyline and kept me entertained. It was a pretty decent book even though it wasn’t as horror filled as I had hoped.
October 17, 2020
I would not want to live in Shadow Grove, especially if I had children. Of course, soon I wouldn't remember why. The town lies on the borderland of Fae, so anything can happen and does happen, including far too many missing children, and not for the usual mundane reasons. Rachel and her new friend from Scotland, Dougal, are the only ones aware enough to investigate.
June 20, 2020
Shadow Grove has children disappearing and none of the adults are doing anything about it. Even the local Sheriff is concocting outrageous reasons for not investigating these occurrences and Rachel Cleary has had enough. With the help of her neighbor, Mrs. Crenshaw, Dougal, her grandson, and a few other unique characters, they decide to figure out what shadow is descending on their little town.
I definitely enjoyed this novel but there were just a few drawbacks that affected my rating. As the plot progresses there are scenes with topics that are touched on but not fully delved into and areas that are overly emphasized and drawn out. I can't pin point them here because it'll give away some reveals but I'm hopeful that the underdeveloped thoughts I ran across are tied into the next book.
The Night Weaver herself is well fleshed out and I really like the addition of the magical artifacts and "creatures" that stalk the boundaries. The woods that surround Mrs. Crenshaw has a history that seems to be just as deep and dark as Shadow Grove's and I hope the author goes into detail on that aspect in future sequels.
Overall, I am really glad I picked this up. I'm excited to move onto the sequel and see what is in store for Rachel and her group. This fantasy has the dark elements and fantastical creatures that I love to read about.
Thank you to Vesuvian Books and LibraryThing for the opportunity to win this novel and provide and honest and unbiased review.
I definitely enjoyed this novel but there were just a few drawbacks that affected my rating. As the plot progresses there are scenes with topics that are touched on but not fully delved into and areas that are overly emphasized and drawn out. I can't pin point them here because it'll give away some reveals but I'm hopeful that the underdeveloped thoughts I ran across are tied into the next book.
The Night Weaver herself is well fleshed out and I really like the addition of the magical artifacts and "creatures" that stalk the boundaries. The woods that surround Mrs. Crenshaw has a history that seems to be just as deep and dark as Shadow Grove's and I hope the author goes into detail on that aspect in future sequels.
Overall, I am really glad I picked this up. I'm excited to move onto the sequel and see what is in store for Rachel and her group. This fantasy has the dark elements and fantastical creatures that I love to read about.
Thank you to Vesuvian Books and LibraryThing for the opportunity to win this novel and provide and honest and unbiased review.
June 27, 2022
THE NIGHT WEAVER is a YA fantasy that brings 3 teens and a grumpy old lady together to fight the forces of evil.
-The characters were appealing, and in general the plot hung together well.
-I looked for reading level information but without success. With maybe one or two exceptions the book is suitable for all but the most conservative middle-schoolers.
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-There's evil and darkness, and good guys and a romantic triangle/quadrangle?
For myself: I hated the voice the author chose. She runs through the grass. She pours milk. Perhaps this style attracts others but I found it annoying. Not sure if I'll pick up book #2.
September 30, 2019
I received a copy of THE NIGHT WEAVER in exchange for an honest review and I overall have it 4/5 stars ⭐️...
Upon finishing this magical fictional story which starts like a murder mystery and ends like a ghost story I am so anxious to get the second(I was very happy to find out a second book is coming!)
The Fae world built within this story is one that captures my attention. I enjoyed and immediately understood the world created around them. I enjoyed the dark history of the town thrown within the struggles.
The main character I would have liked to get attached to her a bit more in the beginning, felt almost like I’d missed something in the beginning. And her cousin, I understand the want for accents, but a few times it was a bit too much
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rating would have been almost 5 stars if the book had a bit more depth in the beginning to build relationship with the characters... it wasn’t until she met the prince the characters started to flow... and the multiple guys was a bit of a toss around that felt out of place.
Upon finishing this magical fictional story which starts like a murder mystery and ends like a ghost story I am so anxious to get the second(I was very happy to find out a second book is coming!)
The Fae world built within this story is one that captures my attention. I enjoyed and immediately understood the world created around them. I enjoyed the dark history of the town thrown within the struggles.
The main character I would have liked to get attached to her a bit more in the beginning, felt almost like I’d missed something in the beginning. And her cousin, I understand the want for accents, but a few times it was a bit too much
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rating would have been almost 5 stars if the book had a bit more depth in the beginning to build relationship with the characters... it wasn’t until she met the prince the characters started to flow... and the multiple guys was a bit of a toss around that felt out of place.
August 19, 2019
A very intriguing read. This is the first in a series of YA books from Monique Snyman.
What starts off as an abduction of children in a small town called Shadow Grove turns into something more sinister and otherworldly. Mothers start acting strangely, darkness starts to descend upon the town, and it is left to a handful of teens to save the day, mainly Rachel Cleary.
The Night Weaver is loose in the human realm and she is gaining power over this small town.
THOUGHTS: I really enjoyed this tale. I wasn't for sure if I was reading a scary book. It started out that way, then next thing you know, we're plummeting through the fae realm. Of course, I was thinking, this is cool, but what does a bunch of fairies have to do with the Night Weaver? Oh, it has everything to do with it.
Throw in a hot fairy boy (Rachel's term) and we are left to wonder if this is going to turn into an episode of Twilight or Shadowhunters. Between three potential love interests, it is interesting to see who Rachel ends up with at the end of this book.
This book may have started off scary, but as it went on, it turned into a more magical story that mirrors the worlds of good and evil like that in Shadowhunters. I like that we are diving into a new realm that has yet to be explored in lore: the fae realm.
Because of the newness to the type of realm we are diving into, I decided to curate this book into my library. There are not a lot of stories like this out there in the world. This keeps the stories of the fae realm alive and shows that world in a different light beyond cute little fairies. It shows the darkness and danger that the Irish and the Scots have been warning us about for centuries. In a way, these are the stories you do not want to forget.
I am looking forward to the next book.
[Disclosure: I received a free copy of this book from the publisher.]
What starts off as an abduction of children in a small town called Shadow Grove turns into something more sinister and otherworldly. Mothers start acting strangely, darkness starts to descend upon the town, and it is left to a handful of teens to save the day, mainly Rachel Cleary.
The Night Weaver is loose in the human realm and she is gaining power over this small town.
THOUGHTS: I really enjoyed this tale. I wasn't for sure if I was reading a scary book. It started out that way, then next thing you know, we're plummeting through the fae realm. Of course, I was thinking, this is cool, but what does a bunch of fairies have to do with the Night Weaver? Oh, it has everything to do with it.
Throw in a hot fairy boy (Rachel's term) and we are left to wonder if this is going to turn into an episode of Twilight or Shadowhunters. Between three potential love interests, it is interesting to see who Rachel ends up with at the end of this book.
This book may have started off scary, but as it went on, it turned into a more magical story that mirrors the worlds of good and evil like that in Shadowhunters. I like that we are diving into a new realm that has yet to be explored in lore: the fae realm.
Because of the newness to the type of realm we are diving into, I decided to curate this book into my library. There are not a lot of stories like this out there in the world. This keeps the stories of the fae realm alive and shows that world in a different light beyond cute little fairies. It shows the darkness and danger that the Irish and the Scots have been warning us about for centuries. In a way, these are the stories you do not want to forget.
I am looking forward to the next book.
[Disclosure: I received a free copy of this book from the publisher.]
November 10, 2018
Wow! What an insanely fantastic book!
I've always enjoyed Monique's writing and her previous work (Muti Nation) is still one of my favourites.
This is, however new for Monique and absolutely incredible.
The story is gripping, dark and a definite read at every open gap you can find! The chapters are a little longer than I'm used to and I admit, most of the time I was on the edge of my seat, excited to read what's next.
I love that Monique doesn't have this airy fairy prettiness to her writing. It's a thrilling kind of dark that really appeals to me.
I cannot fault this book and I'm disappointment not more people have had the pleasure of reading it. It's fantastic and you WON'T doubt it.
Waiting impatiently now for book 2!
I've always enjoyed Monique's writing and her previous work (Muti Nation) is still one of my favourites.
This is, however new for Monique and absolutely incredible.
The story is gripping, dark and a definite read at every open gap you can find! The chapters are a little longer than I'm used to and I admit, most of the time I was on the edge of my seat, excited to read what's next.
I love that Monique doesn't have this airy fairy prettiness to her writing. It's a thrilling kind of dark that really appeals to me.
I cannot fault this book and I'm disappointment not more people have had the pleasure of reading it. It's fantastic and you WON'T doubt it.
Waiting impatiently now for book 2!
November 21, 2018
The voice of this dark, chilling tale was so unique it added to the depth of the experience and left me wanting more. Wit, humor, and a touch of sarcasm had me laughing out loud. The colorful characters and spine-tingling suspense kept me reading on, wanting to find out what happens next. An amazing story that will captivate any reader. A powerful read!
October 23, 2019
Also Posted on For The Love of Fictional Worlds
Disclaimer: An eARC was provided via Good Choice Reading and the Author as part of the Blog Tour. The Thoughts, opinions & feelings expressed in the review are therefore, my own.
I picked up The Night Weaver on a late night when I couldn’t sleep and the cover on my kindle caught my eye – turns out after completing the book, I couldn’t sleep for the next few days as well :D
Kids in Shadow Grove are going missing – being lead away into the forest; but there is absolutely no panic in the town, no search parties, no posters, no frantic parents cam[ped out outside the police station, nada nothing at all.
The only people who seem to be worried are the kids who haven’t been taken yet.
Shadow Grove is a town with a past filled with horrors – horrors like devastating fires, mass poisoning are somehow never recalled by the town members at all, nary a mention never a thought.
Our protagonist’s family, The Clearys and The Crenshaws, their neighbours have a long standing commitment to protect the perimeter of the forest at the edge of the town of Shadow Grove, trying to maintain peace with the magical beings residing in the forest; but more like trying the keep the mischievous magical beings within the forest itself.
For generations it has worked, but somehow, somewhere, something wayward has slipped past its defences and is now trying to wreck havoc in the town or so our protagonist, Rachel Cleary suspects. Teamed with an unlikely group of humans and fae prince; Rachel discovers the existence of something far horrifying known as the Night Weaver – a bogeyman who preys on the very strong emotions of anguish, fright and pain.
It is now up to Rachel to save the town and for that she needs to shed the persona of believing that the town she is protecting is anything but normal – she has her readers with her, every step of the way.
The Night weaver is a dark fantasy standalone, bordering on horror – the author has done a fan – freaking – tastic job of weaving an imaginative story in simple words that grips the reader right from the start, and does a brilliant job of actually kick starting the imaginatio0n of a reader, enough to scare the bajeesus out of them.
The Night Weaver is the perfect pick for the spooky season of October and one that should be on your list of spook-tastic reads for the month of Halloween!
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November 11, 2019
5 Cranky Stars
The Night Weaver was way out of what I normally read, and I couldn’t put it down. The author takes you on a journey right along with Rachel and Dougal with the way she describes what is going on around them. I’m usually one to shy away from books with over descriptive text but when Rachel plunged her hand into that cocoon like tree I felt just as gross as she felt. So, buckle up and plan to dedicate some time to this book. I think it’s perfect for the reader who likes the gritty side of fairies and other supernatural creatures. Reader beware this book might make you squeamish and realize the fair folk are a lot more evil than you imagined.
Rachel notices some strange going ons in her tiny town of Shadow Grove. Young kids are going missing left and right and not a single adult seems to really care. In fact, she starts to notice that some of the adults acting very Stepford Wife her own mother included. When her plucky elderly neighbor suggest she goes through her late fathers’ journals to get a better understanding of what is going on she learns that the forest that no one dares enter is alive and looking for its next victim. It’s on this journey to save the kids and the others she befriends Dougal her neighbor’s grandson, Greg the towns golden boy and who can forget Orion. Rachel’s seemingly mundane life is about to be flipped on its axis and she knows she must save Shadow Grove, her mother and all those missing children.
“The stars may be everlasting, but the most precious things are fleeting and fragile and one of a kind.” I loved this quote! I liked Rachel she was a pretty kick butt chick. She charged in without any hesitation about her safety. She wanted to get those kids back. Dougal was the perfect best friend to Rachel he wasn’t going to let her go alone. Orion surprised me I was unsure about who he was, but he proved to be a decent guy. He may be a fairy but he’s a good one for the most part. He would make a good book boyfriend. A few times I had to go back and re read what I wrote because it seemed to jump to something else but it didn’t hinder the story one bit. I hope that this is the beginning of a series because it should be. I can imagine all the adventures Rachel can go on with these men by her side.
The Night Weaver was way out of what I normally read, and I couldn’t put it down. The author takes you on a journey right along with Rachel and Dougal with the way she describes what is going on around them. I’m usually one to shy away from books with over descriptive text but when Rachel plunged her hand into that cocoon like tree I felt just as gross as she felt. So, buckle up and plan to dedicate some time to this book. I think it’s perfect for the reader who likes the gritty side of fairies and other supernatural creatures. Reader beware this book might make you squeamish and realize the fair folk are a lot more evil than you imagined.
Rachel notices some strange going ons in her tiny town of Shadow Grove. Young kids are going missing left and right and not a single adult seems to really care. In fact, she starts to notice that some of the adults acting very Stepford Wife her own mother included. When her plucky elderly neighbor suggest she goes through her late fathers’ journals to get a better understanding of what is going on she learns that the forest that no one dares enter is alive and looking for its next victim. It’s on this journey to save the kids and the others she befriends Dougal her neighbor’s grandson, Greg the towns golden boy and who can forget Orion. Rachel’s seemingly mundane life is about to be flipped on its axis and she knows she must save Shadow Grove, her mother and all those missing children.
“The stars may be everlasting, but the most precious things are fleeting and fragile and one of a kind.” I loved this quote! I liked Rachel she was a pretty kick butt chick. She charged in without any hesitation about her safety. She wanted to get those kids back. Dougal was the perfect best friend to Rachel he wasn’t going to let her go alone. Orion surprised me I was unsure about who he was, but he proved to be a decent guy. He may be a fairy but he’s a good one for the most part. He would make a good book boyfriend. A few times I had to go back and re read what I wrote because it seemed to jump to something else but it didn’t hinder the story one bit. I hope that this is the beginning of a series because it should be. I can imagine all the adventures Rachel can go on with these men by her side.
October 8, 2019
Blurb:
‘SHADOW GROVE IS A PERFECTLY PLEASANT TOWN ...
Shadow Grove isn't a typical town. Bad things happen here. Children disappear, one after the other, and nobody is doing anything about it. Parents don't grieve, missing posters don't line the streets, and the sheriff seems unconcerned.
Seventeen-year-old Rachel Cleary lives on the outskirts of Shadow Grove, next to the creepy forest everyone pretends doesn't exist. Usually the forest is filled with an eerie calm, an unmistakable graveyard solemnity. But the trees have started whispering, forgotten creatures are stirring, and the nights feel darker than ever.
Something is stalking the residents of Shadow Grove, changing them into brain-dead caricatures of themselves. It's up to Rachel to stop the devouring of her hometown before all is destroyed and everyone she loves is forever lost.’
When the nights begin to draw in early, a spooky read is a must and The Night Weaver does not disappoint. The main character, Rachel, is a terrific role model for young female readers, someone who is different but is strong enough to go her own way and pretty much not care what the ‘popular’ crowd say or do. No stranger to loss with the death of her best friend some years before and then the loss of her father, she has become fiercely independent, although sadly much of this is due to the emotional distance that has grown between Rachel and her mother as a result of the latter’s difficulty in dealing with her grief.
Whilst the rest of the town is strangely reluctant to explore the forest, Rachel is convinced that is where the children have gone. With the support of her neighbour’s grandson, the two cross the border into the woods and experience the ‘other world’ of the Fae. As Rachel fights to rescue the children, she becomes involved both with a Fae prince and with the very human Greg Pearson. As someone who tends to avoid books featuring the Fae (usually because the author has made them too ‘sparkly’ or twee for me), I found this was a hugely entertaining YA romp with Snyman keeping the balance between darkness and romance perfectly. As a secondary school librarian, this is a book that may yet find its way onto my workplace shelves.
‘SHADOW GROVE IS A PERFECTLY PLEASANT TOWN ...
Shadow Grove isn't a typical town. Bad things happen here. Children disappear, one after the other, and nobody is doing anything about it. Parents don't grieve, missing posters don't line the streets, and the sheriff seems unconcerned.
Seventeen-year-old Rachel Cleary lives on the outskirts of Shadow Grove, next to the creepy forest everyone pretends doesn't exist. Usually the forest is filled with an eerie calm, an unmistakable graveyard solemnity. But the trees have started whispering, forgotten creatures are stirring, and the nights feel darker than ever.
Something is stalking the residents of Shadow Grove, changing them into brain-dead caricatures of themselves. It's up to Rachel to stop the devouring of her hometown before all is destroyed and everyone she loves is forever lost.’
When the nights begin to draw in early, a spooky read is a must and The Night Weaver does not disappoint. The main character, Rachel, is a terrific role model for young female readers, someone who is different but is strong enough to go her own way and pretty much not care what the ‘popular’ crowd say or do. No stranger to loss with the death of her best friend some years before and then the loss of her father, she has become fiercely independent, although sadly much of this is due to the emotional distance that has grown between Rachel and her mother as a result of the latter’s difficulty in dealing with her grief.
Whilst the rest of the town is strangely reluctant to explore the forest, Rachel is convinced that is where the children have gone. With the support of her neighbour’s grandson, the two cross the border into the woods and experience the ‘other world’ of the Fae. As Rachel fights to rescue the children, she becomes involved both with a Fae prince and with the very human Greg Pearson. As someone who tends to avoid books featuring the Fae (usually because the author has made them too ‘sparkly’ or twee for me), I found this was a hugely entertaining YA romp with Snyman keeping the balance between darkness and romance perfectly. As a secondary school librarian, this is a book that may yet find its way onto my workplace shelves.
October 21, 2019
When no one in town reacts to the disappearances of several children, Rachel Cleary takes it upon herself to investigate. With the help of her neighbor Mrs. Crenshaw, Mrs. Crenshaw's imported nephew Dougal, and her old friend Greg, Rachel scours her father's old journals for clues as to what might be hunting children in Shadow Grove. Turns out the forest is a gateway to the faerie lands, and something has gotten through.
While this was an entertaining story, I felt a bit like I had started reading a series with book 2 or 3. Things and people were mentioned like I should have known who they were. The worldbuilding was good and there weren't any big info dumps, but I kept finding the answers to problems popping up as if I should have known about them all along. I guess the word I'm looking for here might be "rushed": the characters didn't seem to react as much to what was going on (I mean, there was an evil child-eating fae running around in a tentacle robe) as I thought they should. I thought Rachel and Orion had some chemistry, even though I wished Rachel and Dougal had more chemistry, and Mrs. Crenshaw was a badass lady. Overall I just wanted there to be a bit more atmosphere and character development to match the plot. I also didn't like the use of third-person narration paired with present tense.
While this was an entertaining story, I felt a bit like I had started reading a series with book 2 or 3. Things and people were mentioned like I should have known who they were. The worldbuilding was good and there weren't any big info dumps, but I kept finding the answers to problems popping up as if I should have known about them all along. I guess the word I'm looking for here might be "rushed": the characters didn't seem to react as much to what was going on (I mean, there was an evil child-eating fae running around in a tentacle robe) as I thought they should. I thought Rachel and Orion had some chemistry, even though I wished Rachel and Dougal had more chemistry, and Mrs. Crenshaw was a badass lady. Overall I just wanted there to be a bit more atmosphere and character development to match the plot. I also didn't like the use of third-person narration paired with present tense.
January 26, 2019
I received this ARC for free to read and review.
I had a hard time getting into this book. The writing for Dougal was hard to get through. I understand she is portraying an accent, but it made me want to stop reading.
Then I got to the chapters that were mostly Orion and Rachel and I really liked those.
The storyline is really good and the ending was perfect. I do want to read the next one in the series, I am just hoping for a lot less speaking parts for Dougal.
I had a hard time getting into this book. The writing for Dougal was hard to get through. I understand she is portraying an accent, but it made me want to stop reading.
Then I got to the chapters that were mostly Orion and Rachel and I really liked those.
The storyline is really good and the ending was perfect. I do want to read the next one in the series, I am just hoping for a lot less speaking parts for Dougal.
October 14, 2019
This book was received from the Author, in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own
The Night Weaver is the first installment in Monique Snyman, Harrowsgate Series.
Every once in a while you come across an author that you know by reading their writing for the very first time. that you will be buying anything they write in the future. Monique Snyman, writing is suspenseful and gripping, that made for a nonstop read for me.
Rachel Cleary is trying to make sense of the abductions occurrences in Shadow Grove and the even weirder reactions from the non responsive adults. There are no missing persons posters for the children who have gone missing, no search parties have been organized. This is all very odd indeed.
The town's history is tainted with the strange and the horrific occurrences. From poisoned school lunches to devastating factory fires. Definitely odd because all events that have been glossed over in the town’s history with nonchalant excuses. The only people who seem concerned about the newest calamity are the kids that have not yet been taken by a strange and sinister presences.
Rachel Cleary’s family, along with her neighbors the Crenchaws, harbor a clandestine, which is a multigenerational obligation. It means they are responsible for guarding the perimeter of the forest at the edge of Shadow Grove. They must keep the boundary intact and closed. By maintaining a sort of peace with the un human creatures that inhabit the forest. It has worked in the past, this delicate balance has been more-or-less kept, even if an occasional shadow does slip through the boundary. Now it seems like something something more usual has made it or her way through the cracks of the boundary .
“There’s something wrong with the forest. It’s waking up.”
Imaginative world building drawing on the inspiration from old English folklore, The Night Weaver does not only prey upon the flesh of children, but also on the grief, fear, and ultimately pain— This dark creature is both the feared monster that is hiding under ever scared child’s bed. Or it's a glimpse of a sinister dark shadow, maybe something that you think you might have saw out of the corner of your eye. A thing that that preys on the minds of anyone who has experienced a tragedy.
In this spine tingling book of dark fantasy, That captivates you and draws you into it’s unsettling, atmospheric pages The plot is intriguing, and the writing flows perfectly. The characters are well developed and are easily connected to.
The book is a dark chilling blend of horror and fantasy, with an entering dialogue that was easy to follow. A spellbinding storyline that kept me engaged all the way through to the end. Once I started reading this novel I had to finish it, and stayed up all night to do so.
An immensely enjoyable, suspenseful, gripping, page-turner of a read.
The Night Weaver is the first installment in Monique Snyman, Harrowsgate Series.
Every once in a while you come across an author that you know by reading their writing for the very first time. that you will be buying anything they write in the future. Monique Snyman, writing is suspenseful and gripping, that made for a nonstop read for me.
Rachel Cleary is trying to make sense of the abductions occurrences in Shadow Grove and the even weirder reactions from the non responsive adults. There are no missing persons posters for the children who have gone missing, no search parties have been organized. This is all very odd indeed.
The town's history is tainted with the strange and the horrific occurrences. From poisoned school lunches to devastating factory fires. Definitely odd because all events that have been glossed over in the town’s history with nonchalant excuses. The only people who seem concerned about the newest calamity are the kids that have not yet been taken by a strange and sinister presences.
Rachel Cleary’s family, along with her neighbors the Crenchaws, harbor a clandestine, which is a multigenerational obligation. It means they are responsible for guarding the perimeter of the forest at the edge of Shadow Grove. They must keep the boundary intact and closed. By maintaining a sort of peace with the un human creatures that inhabit the forest. It has worked in the past, this delicate balance has been more-or-less kept, even if an occasional shadow does slip through the boundary. Now it seems like something something more usual has made it or her way through the cracks of the boundary .
“There’s something wrong with the forest. It’s waking up.”
Imaginative world building drawing on the inspiration from old English folklore, The Night Weaver does not only prey upon the flesh of children, but also on the grief, fear, and ultimately pain— This dark creature is both the feared monster that is hiding under ever scared child’s bed. Or it's a glimpse of a sinister dark shadow, maybe something that you think you might have saw out of the corner of your eye. A thing that that preys on the minds of anyone who has experienced a tragedy.
In this spine tingling book of dark fantasy, That captivates you and draws you into it’s unsettling, atmospheric pages The plot is intriguing, and the writing flows perfectly. The characters are well developed and are easily connected to.
The book is a dark chilling blend of horror and fantasy, with an entering dialogue that was easy to follow. A spellbinding storyline that kept me engaged all the way through to the end. Once I started reading this novel I had to finish it, and stayed up all night to do so.
An immensely enjoyable, suspenseful, gripping, page-turner of a read.
October 18, 2019
'The Night Weaver' is one of those rare books that leave me asking "What the heck did I just read?" Don't get me wrong - I don't mean that in a bad way at all. There was just a lot happening at once and none of it made sense - it was basically a warped mystery set in a horrific fantasy setting. I really love anything that's weird or not conventional, and this book definitely hit those marks. I can't really go into the plot too much without giving anything away and I honestly have no idea what I'd actually say. It was messed up, scary, full of folklore and myth, and basically awesome. I loved pretty much every aspect of the book - the characters, the setting, the plot, the secrets and mysteries. I really liked Rachel as the main character. She was realistic and easy to connect with right from the beginning. She has flaws and weaknesses just like everyone else, and she has to face a lot of obstacles and overcome her fears in order to survive and help others survive. I liked seeing her grow and change throughout the book. She gets braver, more courageous, thoughtful, determined to figure things out, and absolutely dedicated to fixing what's so horribly wrong in her town. The only thing that bothered me personally was the author's choice of writing style. The story is told in the third person point of view from Rachel's perspective. I'm not a big fan of this style and almost always prefer the first person POV because of the deeper connection the reader can establish with the narrator. I really wish that this had been written in the first person from Rachel's point of view. I would've been able to connect a lot more with her and could've fallen deeper into the world that the author created. This is just my own personal opinion and other readers definitely won't have the same issue as me. I just want to be completely honest and writing style is always a huge aspect of a book for me. Anyway, I really liked the book and I'm so excited that there's going to be a sequel. I can't wait to see where the author and the story will take us next. I definitely recommend this novel to fans of YA, fantasy, paranormal, folklore and mythology, contemporary, horror, and stories that stand out from the rest.
Disclosure: I received a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
Disclosure: I received a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
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October 10, 2019Many authors would cringe if they were described as “a confusing bedlam of glitter and death….trying to sort out the mess within her head.”
Not Monique Snyman. In fact, that’s how she describes herself.
Take the key thread in her latest work, The Night Weaver (Vesuvian Books): that children in a small town keep disappearing. That’s an interesting storyline in its own right. It’s quite another when nobody, including the town sheriff, seems to care.
Snyman concocts a unique blend of horror, fantasy and adolescent angst, in which young Rachel Cleary tries to make sense of the weird occurrences in Shadow Grove and the even weirder reactions.
But weirdness is the norm for Snyman, “where candy-coated gore is found in abundance and homicidal unicorns thrive.” Who else would say in their bio that they play “referee to her imaginary friends?”
As much as Rachel would like, it’s hard to ignore the infamous “Access Prohibited” sign by the forest that backs her family’s property. The slightest glance in the forest’s direction sends chills through Rachel. She has the feeling some form of life exists in the forbidden terrain, that someone is watching her.
The rest of the review: https://booktrib.com/2019/10/in-the-n...
Not Monique Snyman. In fact, that’s how she describes herself.
Take the key thread in her latest work, The Night Weaver (Vesuvian Books): that children in a small town keep disappearing. That’s an interesting storyline in its own right. It’s quite another when nobody, including the town sheriff, seems to care.
Snyman concocts a unique blend of horror, fantasy and adolescent angst, in which young Rachel Cleary tries to make sense of the weird occurrences in Shadow Grove and the even weirder reactions.
But weirdness is the norm for Snyman, “where candy-coated gore is found in abundance and homicidal unicorns thrive.” Who else would say in their bio that they play “referee to her imaginary friends?”
As much as Rachel would like, it’s hard to ignore the infamous “Access Prohibited” sign by the forest that backs her family’s property. The slightest glance in the forest’s direction sends chills through Rachel. She has the feeling some form of life exists in the forbidden terrain, that someone is watching her.
The rest of the review: https://booktrib.com/2019/10/in-the-n...
October 23, 2020
I honestly thought this was great. The first few chapters were pretty slow and I was about to be fed up with the book because, although slightly suspenseful, I have a lot of other spooky books laying in wait to be read in October.
However....the book really takes off just before you get to the halfway point. Which sounds lame but it’s worth it, I think. I love the Fae elements and how NaN/Mrs. Crenshaw is such a badass granny (like mine). Rachel is a great character and I love her sarcasm/wit.
However....the book really takes off just before you get to the halfway point. Which sounds lame but it’s worth it, I think. I love the Fae elements and how NaN/Mrs. Crenshaw is such a badass granny (like mine). Rachel is a great character and I love her sarcasm/wit.
October 17, 2019
This book is a mixture of dark fantasy, horror, mystery and faeries in it.
I really enjoy this book...it started out with a mystery and scary parts to the stories and then it went into the fae realm which brought together on solving the mystery of how, why and what was taking the children. The plot is intriguing and the writing flows nicely. The characters were well developed and are easily connected to.
I really enjoy this book...it started out with a mystery and scary parts to the stories and then it went into the fae realm which brought together on solving the mystery of how, why and what was taking the children. The plot is intriguing and the writing flows nicely. The characters were well developed and are easily connected to.
February 6, 2025
Oh this was fun, a creepy fae YA story. A town on the border with a couple families dealing with an ongoing problem that rears its head in a big way. I have some questions, some things really don't make sense but, if you let it go and just take the ride it is enjoyable.
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June 17, 2023Simultaneously refreshing and deeply unsettling, The Night Weaver weaves together small-town horror with an intricate otherworldly fairytale to deliver a blend of horror and fantasy that captures the essence of young adult terror seasoned with the stuff of grown-up nightmares.
Children in Shadow Grove are going missing—spirited away into the forest by an unknown presence as if lured into the darkness by the Pied Piper himself. But that’s not the worst part. Nobody is looking for them—in fact, nobody seems to even acknowledge they’re missing at all. There’s no missing posters, no search parties, no frantic parents. This isn’t the first time something tragic has happened in Shadow Grove, either. The town's history is peppered with the strange and the horrific, from poisoned school lunches to devastating factory fires—all events that have been glossed over in the town’s history with startlingly bland recall. The only people who seem concerned about the newest calamity are the kids that have not yet been taken.
Rachel Cleary’s family, along with her neighbors the Crenchaws, harbor a clandestine, multigenerational obligation: to guard the perimeter of the forest at the edge of Shadow Grove, maintaining an uneasy peace with the magical beings who live in the forest. It’s not so much a matter about keeping things out of the forest but keeping other naughty nighttime beasties in. And for years, it’s worked—a delicate, if tenuous, balance has been more-or-less kept, even if the occasional shadow does slip through the bounds. But now it seems like something nastier than usual has made its—her— way through the cracks: “There’s something wrong with the forest. It’s waking up.”
In addition to the recent slew of missing children, the adults of Shadow Grove are acting….very Stepford…but Rachel suspects there’s a deeper link to the strange events in Shadow Grove—and this new darkness is not only far from over, but it may be deep enough to swallow the town whole. With the help of her eccentric, elderly neighbor, a Scottish hottie, a childhood friend turned handsome socialite, and a super hot fae prince, Rachel discovers that the dark presence lurking around the edges of the forest of Shadow Grove belongs to the Night Weaver. Modeled off the Black Annis, a blue-faced, iron-clawed, child-gobbling bogeyman in English folklore, the Night Weaver doesn’t only prey upon the flesh of children, but on grief, fear, and pain—making her both the monster under the bed in a scared child’s bedroom and a fitting personification of the dark shadow that lives in the back of the mind of anyone who has experienced tragedy. If Rachel wants to save the missing children and the adults of her Shadow Grove, she’ll have accept that the small town she’s grown up in is anything other than normal, and that sometimes nothing is as it seems—and that the only way to find your way out of the darkness is to move toward the light.
Though at times the story moves perhaps a little too quickly and is not entirely free of YA tropes, The Night Weaver is nonetheless a well-laid dark fantasy and a clear entrance into a new series that will invite in a new generation of horror readers.
Children in Shadow Grove are going missing—spirited away into the forest by an unknown presence as if lured into the darkness by the Pied Piper himself. But that’s not the worst part. Nobody is looking for them—in fact, nobody seems to even acknowledge they’re missing at all. There’s no missing posters, no search parties, no frantic parents. This isn’t the first time something tragic has happened in Shadow Grove, either. The town's history is peppered with the strange and the horrific, from poisoned school lunches to devastating factory fires—all events that have been glossed over in the town’s history with startlingly bland recall. The only people who seem concerned about the newest calamity are the kids that have not yet been taken.
Rachel Cleary’s family, along with her neighbors the Crenchaws, harbor a clandestine, multigenerational obligation: to guard the perimeter of the forest at the edge of Shadow Grove, maintaining an uneasy peace with the magical beings who live in the forest. It’s not so much a matter about keeping things out of the forest but keeping other naughty nighttime beasties in. And for years, it’s worked—a delicate, if tenuous, balance has been more-or-less kept, even if the occasional shadow does slip through the bounds. But now it seems like something nastier than usual has made its—her— way through the cracks: “There’s something wrong with the forest. It’s waking up.”
In addition to the recent slew of missing children, the adults of Shadow Grove are acting….very Stepford…but Rachel suspects there’s a deeper link to the strange events in Shadow Grove—and this new darkness is not only far from over, but it may be deep enough to swallow the town whole. With the help of her eccentric, elderly neighbor, a Scottish hottie, a childhood friend turned handsome socialite, and a super hot fae prince, Rachel discovers that the dark presence lurking around the edges of the forest of Shadow Grove belongs to the Night Weaver. Modeled off the Black Annis, a blue-faced, iron-clawed, child-gobbling bogeyman in English folklore, the Night Weaver doesn’t only prey upon the flesh of children, but on grief, fear, and pain—making her both the monster under the bed in a scared child’s bedroom and a fitting personification of the dark shadow that lives in the back of the mind of anyone who has experienced tragedy. If Rachel wants to save the missing children and the adults of her Shadow Grove, she’ll have accept that the small town she’s grown up in is anything other than normal, and that sometimes nothing is as it seems—and that the only way to find your way out of the darkness is to move toward the light.
Though at times the story moves perhaps a little too quickly and is not entirely free of YA tropes, The Night Weaver is nonetheless a well-laid dark fantasy and a clear entrance into a new series that will invite in a new generation of horror readers.
October 18, 2019
The Night Weaver is the best of both worlds for fans of horror and fantasy novels as well. It is based on an old English folklore that I know nothing about and that is one of the things i loved about reading this book. I had no clue where the story was taking me but I loved getting there along with the heroes of this story.
Rachel Cleary's family has lived between the outskirts of Shadow Grove and the perimeter of a dark spooky forest for generations. Rachel learns that her family and her neighbor, Mrs. Crenshaw, have been the protectors of the townspeople from the forest since just about forever.
As children in the town start to disappear Rachel is shocked that no one seems to care about them. Not the parents, not the schools, not even the sheriff cares. Thankfully, Rachel cares, Mrs. Crenshaw and her grandson care, the brother of a missing child cares, and most importantly a prince cares. Yes a prince. I cannot say anymore about this prince because finding the answers about him is part of the fun of reading this book.
The author has created a world that is eerie, even disturbing, but has found a way to bring a fantasy element to the horrors of this forest. I was surprised more than once as the story developed from horror to fantasy to mystery and suspense. It is not a long drawn out story but it is intense. The author does not mince words. Each sentence is a path to discovering what is The Night Weaver.
There were times I couldn't wait to turn the page and times I was freaked out about turning the page. I can't think of a better endorsement for a book that is a mix of horror and fantasy.
The Night Weaver is Book One in the Harrowsgate series. It can be a stand alone book but I know after reading it I need to follow up on Rachel and her cohorts. I especially want to know about Rachel and the prince. I almost forgot there is even a little romance thrown in to the mix.
I received a free copy of this book from Hidden Gems for a fair and honest review. All opinions are my own.
Rachel Cleary's family has lived between the outskirts of Shadow Grove and the perimeter of a dark spooky forest for generations. Rachel learns that her family and her neighbor, Mrs. Crenshaw, have been the protectors of the townspeople from the forest since just about forever.
As children in the town start to disappear Rachel is shocked that no one seems to care about them. Not the parents, not the schools, not even the sheriff cares. Thankfully, Rachel cares, Mrs. Crenshaw and her grandson care, the brother of a missing child cares, and most importantly a prince cares. Yes a prince. I cannot say anymore about this prince because finding the answers about him is part of the fun of reading this book.
The author has created a world that is eerie, even disturbing, but has found a way to bring a fantasy element to the horrors of this forest. I was surprised more than once as the story developed from horror to fantasy to mystery and suspense. It is not a long drawn out story but it is intense. The author does not mince words. Each sentence is a path to discovering what is The Night Weaver.
There were times I couldn't wait to turn the page and times I was freaked out about turning the page. I can't think of a better endorsement for a book that is a mix of horror and fantasy.
The Night Weaver is Book One in the Harrowsgate series. It can be a stand alone book but I know after reading it I need to follow up on Rachel and her cohorts. I especially want to know about Rachel and the prince. I almost forgot there is even a little romance thrown in to the mix.
I received a free copy of this book from Hidden Gems for a fair and honest review. All opinions are my own.
June 14, 2021
I really enjoyed reading this YA thriller fantasy book. I couldn’t put it down. It was so good and I got so absorbed in it that when my boyfriend walked into the room to ask me something I screamed and nearly fell out of bed. This book had it all: disappearing children, creepy forest no one ever goes in, fantasy creatures, teenage romances, and teenagers having to save their parents. Can’t wait to read the next book in the series. I already feel so invested in the characters.
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November 25, 2018~When I struggle to understand the present, I tend to study the past. I try to piece things together by shifting through the chaos.~
~Well, it won't be a worthy adventure if there isn't some danger.~
~In some cases, family is an overrated concept.~
~She's just been so obsessed with the symptoms, she hasn't diagnosed the cause.~
~What's the point of talking to people, of forging friendships and cultivating relationships, when everyone's always keeping secrets?~
~Death isn't a clean affair, and sorrow doesn't disappear as soon as the headstone is engraved.~
~Well, it won't be a worthy adventure if there isn't some danger.~
~In some cases, family is an overrated concept.~
~She's just been so obsessed with the symptoms, she hasn't diagnosed the cause.~
~What's the point of talking to people, of forging friendships and cultivating relationships, when everyone's always keeping secrets?~
~Death isn't a clean affair, and sorrow doesn't disappear as soon as the headstone is engraved.~
November 6, 2018
I have been searching high and low to get a writer that could intrigue me with writing as witty and crafty as Cassandra Clare, and low and behold I found one - locally.
HOLY HELL what a read.
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HOLY HELL what a read.
For more on my review pls go to: http://ow.ly/wbre30mvNgj
January 26, 2019
Monique is a real master. The story is great as well as all of the characters and the location, too. This novel makes you feel inside the happenings (that I will not spoil), in the depths of the destiny. The kind of book that you want to read a sequel!
August 5, 2019
Read the previous version, but I'm in love with this new cover.
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