Paperback, 109 pages
Published Sept. 11, 2019 by Tom Doherty Associates.
There is a Wild Man who lives in the deep quiet of Greenhollow, and he listens to the wood. Tobias, tethered to the forest, does not dwell on his past life, but he lives a perfectly unremarkable existence with his cottage, his cat, and his dryads.
When Greenhollow Hall acquires a handsome, intensely curious new owner in Henry Silver, everything changes. Old secrets better left buried are dug up, and Tobias is forced to reckon with his troubled past—both the green magic of the woods, and the dark things that rest in its heart.
The writing style was very good. The story idea was also good. But there's a BUT. There was nothing that pulled me forward in the story. I could have dropped out at any point without feeling a need to go back for the conclusion.
A small tale, this one, but a good one. It's a story about an old wood, its guardian and the newcomer who stumbles into it, but like an old tree there are layers and layers under that surface, knotted together to be revealed throughout. Well worth reading, and I hope yo see more from Emily Tesh in the future. (Oh, and the acknowledgements mention an early version on AO3, so I'm curious about where this story grew from)
