Emily Lloyd-Jones

“Kings and monsters are grown from the same soil.”

“The Wild Huntress,” by Emily Lloyd-Jones

This book was so amazing. I adored every single thing. I love trio adventure with friends (Trickster, Prince, and Huntress) with that sort of tension of a possible love triangle. The characters were completely lovable and entertaining with amazing back stories. I loved the wood Grimm style books so much and this one was mixed with the wild hunt and fae. I loved how the way two of the characters met in the beginning is how they saw each other when they met at the end. My heart was all over the place by the end of the book because I was so attached to the characters and story. I will be rereading this book plenty more times. I will be reading more books by this author for sure. 5 out of 5 stars, perfect!

-Fae
-Multi POV
-Wild Hunt
-Magic

Thank you for the ARC, Netgalley.

“Those who grew up surrounded by cruelty either took that cruelty into themselves- or they armored themselves against it.”

“Some hurts were so close to the soul that they demanded secrecy.”

“It seemed a cruel trick of fate to tell a person their future without giving them the tools to avert it.”… (more)

This YA fantasy/horror novel is about a young Welsh girl, Aderyn (or Ryn, as she prefers to be called), who inherits the family’s gravedigging business after her mother dies and her father goes missing. Ryn is trying to keep the family (i.e., her younger siblings) together while living with her uncle, who also goes missing. The village people are afraid of the bone houses, i.e., the walking dead, that have started encroaching into their village after the arrival of a young mapmaker named Ellis, who was raised by a prince after he was found wandering in the woods as a child. Ryn and Ellis join forces to search for Ryn’s father and answers about Ellis’s life. The book started slowly but the action picks up; however, the numerous scenes with the bone houses become somewhat repetitive, and the twists were fairly predictable.… (more)

I really enjoyed this read. I thought it was a had such a fun setting and also such a fun cast of characters. I don't normally love books about zombies but this book so refreshing and just a fun fast pace read. I really did enjoy the main characters in this book a lot. I found them both to be super compelling. I thought the characters voices could have been clearer because I sometimes struggled to remember who's head I was in and would have liked something like chapter heading to make it more obvious. I rather enjoy this read and thought it was such a solid standalone read, that impressed me. I will def read more by this author in the future.… (more)