The book did get me invested from the beginning, though. And it should have, because I mean…fire-starting missing princes and the like… Maybe because I’ve been spoiled now with all the steamy YA (*coughMaasLuBardugocough*), the romance here didn’t exactly send me to puddles. Also, I love Darien and Elle and I stan them every step of the way.Īmong the Beasts and Briars is Poston branching into fantasy, and I’m actually pretty chuffed that she did! I liked this book, though for a YA installment, it’s actually much tamer than I thought. Bookish and the Beast is on my TBR because of how much I loved the world she built around fandom, science fiction, and pop culture. So I’ve read Ashley Poston before, and OwlCrate did do a box for Poston’s sci-fi novel, Heart of Iron, but I know her mostly because of her Geekerella stuff, which I have fallen in love with. Enough about my OwlCrate and more about the book. I loved the physical copy of the book itself, with its dark cover change and the pink pages!!!Īhem, anyway. My edition of the book itself was an OwlCrate edition, hence the rather different cover I’ve put up. But the road is darker and more dangerous than she knows, and as secrets from the past are uncovered amid the teeth and roots of the forest, it’s going to take everything she has just to survive. It’s up to her to find the legendary Lady of the Wilds and beg for a way to save her home.

Cerys is forced on the run, her only companions the small fox from the garden, a strange and powerful bear, and the magic in her veins. The most danger she faces now, as a gardener’s daughter, is the annoying fox who stalks the royal gardens and won’t leave her alone.Īs a new queen is crowned, however, things long hidden in the woods descend on the kingdom itself. Now Cerys carries a small bit of the curse-the magic-in her blood, a reminder of the day she lost everything. Cerys knows this all too well: when she was young, she barely escaped as the woods killed her friends and her mother. But as Aloriya prospered, the woods grew dark, cursed, and forbidden. It has been this way for hundreds of years, since the first king made a bargain with the Lady who ruled the forest that borders the kingdom. Here there are no droughts, disease, or famine, and peace is everlasting.

I do have lingering questions and things seemed rushed at the end…but ya know.ĪMONG THE BEASTS AND BRIARS by Ashley Poston

It was a fast-paced, fairy-tale traipse through the Wildwood and really just light-hearted fun…even when everyone around Cerys was just decaying into zombie tree demons. But what else is new?įor all intents and purposes, this book scratched a fairy tale itch I haven’t had in a long while.

Of course, most of my blogging end-of-year things are book reviews. Happy Christmas Eve! I’m practically trying to do last-minute baking today, so not much reading lately, but I do have some end-of-the-year stuff to sort out before January gets away from me again!

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