“That’s how this world works,” Grace said, her voice heavy with longing. “You have to give up something precious if you want something precious in return.”

Emeline & Hawthorne. The singer & the tithe collector. autum equinox. The seasons turn. The Wood King collects his tithes. Edgewood… a place where people believed the forest took things from them.

If you like a boy who likes to read, and kept his house cozy, and made his guests soup from scratch this book is for you!

✨THINGS AND STUFF ✨
-enemies to lovers
-folk singer with a pop vibe (heroine)
-the wood king’s tithe collector (hero)
-ancient creatures: shadow skins & ember mares & shiftlings & dragons & a witch
-eep! rattling doors & rotating knobs
-there’s only one horse
-a cursed territory
-uh oh, we have to work together
-oh no, you’re wounded: hurt/comfort
-making bread
-poetry & art
-plot twist! plot twist again!
-#IsThisAKissingBook: open door. so sweet & tender & softie.

🎶 Song: Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen 🎶