Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I had to read this pretty much entirely because I loved the author's take on SF and UF, how she showed her writing chops.

In this, we've got a riff on the Greenman story, with old magic, love in the woods, and the whole atmosphere of age, longing, and slow growth.

I very much like the atmosphere.

My only complaint is that I feel like a lot of story got glossed over. Perhaps that's just the nature of a novella beast, of course, but I suppose I wouldn't have minded a decent chunk of worldbuilding and lore to fill my mental belly, let alone space to expand an actual adventure.

I'm curious to see how the second novella does on that score.



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