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A review by rockin_reads
Song of the Dark Wood by Sheila Masterson
4.0
๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
If youโre looking for a standalone gothic romance to add to your Fall reading, I highly recommend Song of the Dark Wood (dark Red Riding Hood vibes).
๐๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ญ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ข๐บ. ๐ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐บ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต.
For centuries, Red Maidens have been sacrificed to the god of death to feed his power. Ripped from their families at a young age, forced to lead a sheltered life with no guaranteed future. But Rowan refuses to go down in history as another submissive Red Maiden devoured by the Wolf. Torn between her duty, protecting those she loves, and fighting for her survival, Rowan embraces her magic and finds the strength to fight for whatโs right.
๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ.
There was so much to love about this story! A magical/haunted forest ๐ฒ, grumpy MMC who falls first and HARD ๐ซ , the steamy scenes were on point โค๏ธโ๐ฅ, there was a musical twist ๐ถ that I found quite unique, and the illustrations scattered throughout enhanced the reading experience.
I went into this thinking it was a shifter romance, so I think itโs important to mention that Conor stays in human form throughout. My understanding is that heโs called the Wolf because way back when he appeared to others in that form (part of his power is being able to mimic the worst fear of the beholder). This is why I think the description of Red Riding Hood โvibesโ vs โretellingโ is more accurate.
If youโre looking for a standalone gothic romance to add to your Fall reading, I highly recommend Song of the Dark Wood (dark Red Riding Hood vibes).
๐๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ญ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ข๐บ. ๐ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐บ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต.
For centuries, Red Maidens have been sacrificed to the god of death to feed his power. Ripped from their families at a young age, forced to lead a sheltered life with no guaranteed future. But Rowan refuses to go down in history as another submissive Red Maiden devoured by the Wolf. Torn between her duty, protecting those she loves, and fighting for her survival, Rowan embraces her magic and finds the strength to fight for whatโs right.
๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ.
There was so much to love about this story! A magical/haunted forest ๐ฒ, grumpy MMC who falls first and HARD ๐ซ , the steamy scenes were on point โค๏ธโ๐ฅ, there was a musical twist ๐ถ that I found quite unique, and the illustrations scattered throughout enhanced the reading experience.
I went into this thinking it was a shifter romance, so I think itโs important to mention that Conor stays in human form throughout. My understanding is that heโs called the Wolf because way back when he appeared to others in that form (part of his power is being able to mimic the worst fear of the beholder). This is why I think the description of Red Riding Hood โvibesโ vs โretellingโ is more accurate.