This story truly captures the terror of the old fairytales, on par with only one other fantasy novel I know of: Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist. However, on the other hand, Darling, there are wolves in the woods brings in elements of the more modern “happily ever after" fairytales with a deeply moving romantic story that meshes beautifully with the horrors of the fae realm.
Although there are elements reminiscent of Little Red Riding Hood and Sleeping Beauty interwoven in this story, I would not consider it a reimagined fairytale. It is its own thing and Teya’s journey into fae to find her kidnapped sister, Niven, and finally bring her home really captivated me. It’s intense, with so many unexpected twists and turns I couldn’t keep from racing through the pages.
Even though this is the first book in a trilogy, I think the ending was very well realised. It isn’t a HEA, or even a HFN. It’s more of a “they survived and we're taking a brief break”, which I appreciate. It’s not a cliffhanger and I’m super grateful the author chose to write the end of this novel that way, as I personally hate cliffhangers.
However, there was one twist at the end that felt rushed and removed the intensity of the emotions that I’d experienced at other points in the story. I feel that this crucial twist fell flat because of that rush. I could have honestly cried over this book and been emotionally devastated and put back together again with the ending, but it didn’t achieve that, which is a shame and the reason I give 4.5 stars to this otherwise perfect read.
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