Anathema by Keri LakeMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
📘Book Info
From the author of Nocticadia comes a spellbinding gothic dark fantasy about a shunned woman who is forced beyond the mortal realm’s forbidden boundary, into a terrifying world of cursed souls and grotesque creatures.
Only the banished know what lies beyond the woods ...
There are whispers about what lurks in Witch Knell—the forest where sinners go to die. The villagers call it The Eating Woods because what’s taken is never given back. Only those who’ve lost their senses would dare to go near it.
Or the banished.
Maevyth Bronwick knows better than to breach the misty labyrinth of trees, but a tragic turn of events compels her beyond the archway of bones, to a boundary no mortal has crossed before. One that cloaks a dark and fantastical world that’s as dangerous as it is alluring.
It’s there that he dwells, the cursed lord of Eidolon. The one tasked to keep her hidden from the magehood that seeks to crucify her in the name of an arcane prophesy. Zevander Rydainn, known to his prey as The Scorpion, is the coldest, most calculated assassin in all of Aethyria and he’d sooner toss his feisty ward to a pack of vicious fyredrakes than keep her safe.
If only he could.
Maevyth’s blood is the key to breaking his despised curse and vanquishing the slumbering evil in Witch Knell. Unfortunately for Lord Rydainn, fate has other plans for the irresistible little enchantress. And his growing obsession with her threatens to destroy everything.
Including himself.
Anathema is a full-length, gothic dark fantasy, the first book in The Eating Woods duology. Perfect for readers who enjoy a plot-heavy and atmospheric story with a unique magic system, a slow-burn romance and a touch of horror.
💭Our Thoughts
Nooooooo!
This ends with a big old "OMG No Way" Plot Twist that will leave you reeling as you question everything you thought you knew about Maevyth and her patriarchal twisted little village and its inhabitants (and yes I said that out loud at that moment)
"Some women are fire in your veins and hell between your teeth, Brother."
Maevyth has lived as an outcast all her life, no fault of her own. She has accepted her fate and kept her head down. That is until the tables turn and her sister is to be punished
Maevyth can keep quiet no more
"How can you be so calm right now?"
"I'm not the one he wants to eat."
No, I did not forget about Zevander, our assassin to the king
Our dark knight who rides in just in time to save our wayward Maevyth
Or not...
Better late than never
The world-building
The storyline(s)
The characters
All of it was so magically done I would forget it wasn't real
This is a must-read for anyone who enjoys fantasy fiction with an edge
Authors Website➱ https://www.kerilake.com/
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