The Keepers of Metsan Valo, Wendy Webb
The Keepers of Metsan Valo, Wendy Webb
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The Keepers of Metsan Valo

Author: Wendy Webb

Narrator: Xe Sands

Unabridged: 8 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/05/2021

Synopsis

The spirits of Nordic folklore come calling in this entrancing tale of family secrets and ancient mysteries by the #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Haunting of Brynn Wilder.In Metsan Valo, her family home on Lake Superior, Anni Halla’s beloved grandmother has died. Among her fond memories, what Anni remembers most vividly is her grandmother’s eerie yet enchanting storytelling. By firelight she spun tall tales of spirits in the nearby forest and waters who could heal—or harm—on a whim. But of course those were only stories…The reading of the will now occasions a family reunion. Anni and her twin brother, their almost otherworldly mother, and relatives Anni hasn’t seen in forever—some with good reason—are all brought back together under one roof that strains to hold all their tension. But it’s not just Anni’s family who is unsettled. Whispers wind through the woods. Laughter bursts from bubbling streams. Raps from unseen hands rupture on the walls. Fireflies swarm and nightmares stir. With each odd occurrence, Anni fears that her return has invited less a welcoming and more a warning.When another tragedy strikes near home, Anni must dive headfirst into the mysterious happenings to discover the truth about her home, her family, and the wooded island’s ancient lore. Plunging into the past may be the only way to save her family from whatever bedevils Metsan Valo.

About Wendy Webb

Wendy Webb is the #1 Amazon Charts bestselling and multiple award–winning author of six novels of gothic suspense, including The Haunting of Brynn Wilder; Daughters of the Lake; The Vanishing; The Fate of Mercy Alban; The Tale of Halcyon Crane; and The End of Temperance Dare, which has been optioned for both film and television. Her books are sold worldwide and have been translated into seven languages. Dubbed “Queen of the Northern Gothic” by reviewers, Wendy sets her stories on the windswept, rocky shores of the Great Lakes. Wendy lives in Minneapolis, where she is at work on her next novel when she’s not walking a good dog along the parkway and lakes near her home. Visit her at www.wendykwebb.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer

Delicious, intriguing mystery with supernatural elements dancing with spirits and unique urban legends premise! I’m sold! I already enjoyed the previous works of the author! So as soon as I read the blurb about mystical creatures lurking around forest, sky, sending messages to connect with people an......more

Goodreads review by Ceecee

4+ Annalise (Anni) returns from Paris to her ancestral home of Metsan Valo full of sadness following the sudden and unexpected death of her beloved Mummo (grandmother) who is of Finnish extraction. Just as when she was a child the voices of the Vaki are calling her from deep within the ancient pine f......more

Goodreads review by JaymeO

Fiction or folklore? A family reunion at Metsan Valo is imminent due to the untimely death of Taika Halla, mistress of the manor. She is grandmother to Annalise and Theo, who return to their childhood home for the reading of their mummo’s will. As soon as they return, strange mystical occurrences beg......more

Goodreads review by Debra

3.5 stars "Metsan Valo was new hen the ancient trees had not yet fallen to the lumberman's axe, when mystery and wisdom still permeated the land and the water and the sky." Who said you can't go home again? Metsan Valo is the Halla family home on Lake Superior. Taika “Mummo” Hallo has died. Her family......more

Goodreads review by Luvtoread

Anni Halla and all of her relatives have been summoned to their old home called Metsan Valo whose meaning is "Forest Light" on Lake Superior for the funeral and a family reunion of sorts for the reading of the will from their beloved grandmother (Mummo), who had unexpectedly passed away. Anni recall......more

Quotes

“Wendy Webb once again spins a magical web in The Keepers of Metsan Valo, weaving Nordic folklore, family legacy, and the bonds that unite us to each other and to the natural world. She is the sorceress of Lake Superior. Get ready to be ensnared!” —Carol Goodman, two-time Mary Higgins Clark Award–winning author of The Lake of Dead Languages and The Stranger Behind You

“A novel taut with threats and secrets, family lore, and folktales. Who—or what—truly guards and keeps the magnificent house and grounds of Metsan Valo? That is the question that thrums through the novel. And who—or what—is threatening and haunting the family who calls it home? Dark, brooding, and mysterious, as all good Gothics should be. Loved it.” —Kim Taylor Blakemore, author of After Alice Fell and The Companion

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