Description
Escape from Witchwood Hollow
by Jordan Elizabeth
Synopsis from Goodreads:
Everyone in Arnn - a small farming town with more legends than residents - knows the story of Witchwood Hollow: if you venture into the whispering forest, the witch will trap your soul among the shadowed trees.
After losing her parents in a horrific terrorist attack on the Twin Towers, fifteen-year-old Honoria and her older brother escape New York City to Arnn. In the lure of that perpetual darkness, Honoria finds hope, when she should be afraid.
Perhaps the witch can reunite her with her lost parents. Awakening the witch, however, brings more than salvation from mourning, for Honoria discovers a past of missing children and broken promises.
To save the citizens of Arnn from becoming the witch’s next victims, she must find the truth behind the woman’s madness.
How deep into Witchwood Hollow does Honoria dare venture?
After losing her parents in a horrific terrorist attack on the Twin Towers, fifteen-year-old Honoria and her older brother escape New York City to Arnn. In the lure of that perpetual darkness, Honoria finds hope, when she should be afraid.
Perhaps the witch can reunite her with her lost parents. Awakening the witch, however, brings more than salvation from mourning, for Honoria discovers a past of missing children and broken promises.
To save the citizens of Arnn from becoming the witch’s next victims, she must find the truth behind the woman’s madness.
How deep into Witchwood Hollow does Honoria dare venture?
Links:
Review
After Honoria and her brother lost their parents in
the 9/11 attack, they move to Arnn, a small town in the country with their aunt
and uncle. Honoria soon discovers the town’s mysterious legend about the so-called
Witchwood Hollow. Those who enter those woods never return, so the legend says.
When Honoria and her new friend begin exploring the town, they begin to
discover that there might be more to the legend than pure fantasy.
Escape from
Witchwood Hollow by Jordan Elizabeth Mierek is a novella whose tale spans
centuries. A witch flees from her abusive family and finds sanctuary in the
woods. But she decides to hurt others as she has been hurt, and so traps any
wanderers in the woods, never to age or feel the passage of time. Honoria is
but one girl slowly discovering the mysteries of the woods. Another point-of-view
character is Albertine, a young woman traveling to Arnn to meet her father and fiancé,
who gets trapped in Witchwood Hollow.
The story was very interesting and had a great
start. There were layers of history and mysteries to unravel that had been
hidden for centuries. A bit of romance affected several characters’ lives, as
well. The story was not creepy or horrific, but filled with mystery and the normal
problems of a teenaged orphan and an older girl missing her family. It held my
attention throughout.
The main thing I had a problem with in Escape from Witchwood Hollow was the
ending. I didn’t like the end one bit. There is a little hope and happiness,
but it wasn’t enough. A couple of the questions weren’t answered to my
satisfaction and it wasn’t summed up very well at all. And ***spoiler alert*** the
main character, Honoria, died at the end! I hate it when author’s do that. It
was very unnecessary, too. ***end spoiler***
So, overall, I did enjoy the beginning and the
mystery, but I wanted to throw the book at the wall because of the ending. Take
it as you will. If you dare to read this book, I would recommend it to YA and
urban fantasy readers.
I received a free copy of this book from the
author in exchange for an honest review.
No comments:
Post a Comment