Into the Heartless Wood, Joanna Ruth Meyer
Into the Heartless Wood, Joanna Ruth Meyer
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Into the Heartless Wood

Author: Joanna Ruth Meyer

Narrator: Tara Novie, Ethan James Lynch

Unabridged: 11 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Vibrance Press

Published: 01/12/2021


Synopsis

The forest is a dangerous place, where siren song lures men and women to their deaths.

Deep in the wood lives a witch queen and her eight tree siren daughters. For centuries, they have harvested souls to feed the heartless tree, using its power to grow their ever reaching kingdom of ash, birch, and oak.

Owen Merrick lives at the edge of the forest, mapping the stars for the king in his father’s observatory. For years, he has resisted venturing over the garden wall, until one day he must enter the woods to find his missing sister. But one of the witch’s tree siren daughters, Seren, decides to save his life instead of end it. Now, no matter how hard he tries, he can’t stop thinking about her ― the birch-bright hue of her skin and the way violets bloom in her hair. Every night, he goes into the wood to meet her, and their love for each other grows.

But when the constellations shift, the stars foretell an inevitable war between the witch queen and the king. With Seren compelled to fight for her mother, and Owen forced to join the king’s army, they are plunged into the heart of a conflict that seemingly no one can win and that might destroy both their kingdoms forever.

About Joanna Ruth Meyer

Joanna Ruth Meyer is the author of Beneath the Haunting Sea-described as "Epic, musical, and tender" by Kirkus and listed on Barnes & Noble's "Our Most Anticipated YA Fantasy Novels of 2018."


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jesse (JesseTheReader) on February 28, 2023

This was definitely not what I was expecting it to be. I did really love the fact that it fell into dark fairytale territory, but the romance completely smothered this book. I wouldn't have minded the romance element had it just been one of the many layers of the story, but it overtakes the everythi......more

Goodreads review by Nilufer on April 23, 2023

Oh boy! I’m crying my eyes out! What a heartfelt, tear jerker, soul crusher, extremely emotional, poetic love story it is! A soul without heart of true love and a heart without her true soul! A powerful, dark, forbidden love story between a monster girl and a human boy! There are so many Beauty an......more

Goodreads review by jessica on April 05, 2021

i will admit i was hesitant to pick this up. ive read so many ‘witches of the wood’ kind of stories that i wasnt sure this would be anything new or exciting. and i was kind of right. this is your classic fairytale/folklore story of a dangerous magical wood and the monsters that lurk inside it. it ha......more

Goodreads review by ✨ Helena ✨ on November 27, 2020

I received this complimentary ARC from the publisher, in exchange for an honest review. So, I’m sure after my screaming over Echo North when it released (and then when I proceeded to bully you all into reading it :P), it comes as no surprise to you that I completely devoured this novel. Joanna Ruth M......more

Goodreads review by emma on December 29, 2021

Well. I can't even say I'm disappointed, because if you asked me aggressively two months ago what I expected to rate this book, I would have said "2.5, and also that's why I've had an advance copy of this for over a year and didn't even touch it until I was forced to by an equally aggressive readatho......more