I finished this book in two days after a minor reading slump, and I’d be happy to check out more of the author’s work in the future. With compelling characters, a fast-paced plot, a vividly imagined world and a corgi sidekick, The Drowned Woods delivers an enchanting reading experience. After all, a person with a knife is one thing… but a person with a cause can topple kingdoms.Įvery so often I am blessed to read a book that is nearly everything I could want in a YA fantasy. With a motley crew of allies, including a fae-cursed young man, the lady of thieves, and a corgi that may or may not be a spy, Mer may finally be able to steal precious freedom and peace for herself. The best way to do that is to destroy the magical well that keeps the prince’s lands safe. Then Mer’s old handler returns with a proposition: use her powers to bring down the very prince that abused them both. After discovering what he had done, Mer went to great lengths to disappear from his reach. Under the prince’s orders, she located the wells of his enemies, and he poisoned them without her knowledge, causing hundreds of deaths.

She is the last living water diviner and has spent years running from the prince who bound her into his service. Once upon a time, the kingdoms of Wales were rife with magic and conflict, and eighteen-year-old Mererid “Mer” is well-acquainted with both. Series: None (Set in the same world as The Bone Houses)

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