The Edge of the Woods
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The odds are stacked against Emma. Fatherless and poor in a remote village where men, money and faith determine everything, her only hope for a decent life is to marry before her eighteenth birthday. Though her prospects aren't good and her options aren't appealing, to live as an unmarried woman is a life sentence of silence and solitude. Emma has to make a match. But when a beautiful, antlered boy appears in her dreams and tempts her to join him in the forbidden woods, another path opens to her. Finally, after a life devoid of possibilities, Emma has a choice to make: to run from her future, or fight for it.
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I binged this really fast, it was compelling and the writing was fantastic. I really enjoyed learning about this town and it's way of life as well as how Emma's life has been going since the death of her father. The fantasy elements with the fae creatures were really well done, and while some might be saddened we didn't get more of them, I'm alright with the fact that they were just one part of the bigger story. The only thing that fell flat for me was the romance, we really don't get that much personality from him. There was a cute scene or two but I was hoping for more depth, then again this is a three hundred something page novel not a five hundred one so maybe I can give it some slack.
