On Daisy's 18th Birthday she finds her parents and sister murdered, their eyes vacant hollow pits. Plagued by nightmares Daisy runs from her trauma directly into the place we are told never to go. A mushroom circle hidden deep in the forest outside her childhood home. Transported into an unfamiliar fae land Daisy has to reconcile with the lies she was told as a child.
'Into the Shadowlands' is Isabella Lauren's debut fantasy novella. A dark fae mystery that explores the human experience of grief and PTSD. A book filled with hope and heartache that is sure to delight.
Trigger Warnings Body Horror/Gore, Panic Attacks, Charac- ter Death, Kidnapping, Mental Health.
This book had a nice premise with some good ideas, but I think it could have been fleshed out a lot more (which would have helped with some of the issues I had with it), and there could have been a lot more showing than telling in the description. Also, I did notice a fair few tense changes and spelling errors that did affect my reading experience.