This bookish meme tells the blogosphere what we’re waiting patiently (and sometimes not so patiently) for! It’s hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine!
From Susan Dennard, the New York Times bestselling author of the Witchlands series, comes a haunting and high-octane contemporary fantasy, about the magic it takes to face your fears in a nightmare-filled forest, and the mettle required to face the secrets hiding in the dark corners of your own family.
Hemlock Falls isn’t like other towns. You won’t find it on a map, your phone won’t work here, and the forest outside town might just kill you. Only the Luminaries, a society of ancient guardians, stand between humanity and the nightmares of the forest that rise each night.
Winnie Wednesday, an exile from the Luminaries, is determined to restore her family’s good name by taking the deadly hunter trials on her sixteenth birthday. And there’s only one person who can help her train: Jay Friday, resident bad boy and Winnie’s ex-best friend. While Jay might be the most promising new hunter in Hemlock Falls, he also seems to know more about the nightmares of the forest than he should. Together, he and Winnie will discover a danger lurking in the forest no one in Hemlock Falls is prepared for.
Not all monsters can be slain, and not all nightmares are confined to the dark.
Published by: Tor Teen
Expected Publication: November 8, 2022
Why I’m Waiting: The last book I read by Susan Dennard was Truthwitch. But I’m not sure why. There’s a whole series about that book out there and I enjoyed it, so I’m not sure why I didn’t follow through. But I’m definitely going back to her writing for this book. I don’t even know that I read the synopsis really well, but I KNOW I need this based on the cover lol (Yes I am that person, whatever lol) But I did see “deadly hunter trials” and I read the last line, and that’s enough for me.
What about you? Have you heard about this one? Do you think you’ll read this one? Let me know in the comments!
Oh nice! I followed Susan’s twitter story when she was writing this “choose your adventure” type storyline! It was so much fun! I think she’s had to change some things to give it more heft. I know she mentioned what things had to be tweaked, probably more than I’m recalling, but the main storyline is the same. I think. Lol. I can’t wait to read this one either!
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