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After the Forest by Kell Woods

9 reviews

madscientistcat's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent

Moderate: Torture, Miscarriage, Alcohol, and Pregnancy

Minor: Religious bigotry and Child death

liesthemoontells's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Murder, War, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Classism, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual harassment

mirandaphodge's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

It was… meh. I didn’t love some of the plot devices. I don’t know German enough to feel comfortable with the words she was using like everyone would know them - I was literally pulled out of the story when I had to google some words. Also, can we stop using SA as the reason a woman is evil?

the main villain became evil when her sister was killed by the huntsman and then she was r*ped to death. Really?!

I hated Hans. He made continual bad choices that endangered the people he supposedly loved. Some of the side characters could have been more fleshed out. 

The only reason for the mid-star rating is that I did like the MC meet-cute and romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

ninjamuse's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gore

Moderate: Death, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent

Minor: War, Rape, and Torture

ecwiggin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I love fairy tales. I love a fairy tale rewrite that’s not just a rehashing of a romance novel. This is a well crafted story that has all the elements of a Grimm Brothers fairy tale and it just hit the sweet spot for me. Just a truly stunning story. Will certainly go in my favorites pile

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault

bookswithbethx's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Violence, Torture, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, Sexual content, and Murder

loveinpanels's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, War, Violence, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Blood, Abandonment, Rape, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

sophs_mood_reading's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

We all know and love a fairytale retelling but what about a “what happens next”. 
After the forest takes the story of Hansel and Gretel and explores the story beyond the children’s escape. We meet the children two decades after the escape the clutches of the witch in the forest. But this isn’t the happily ever after we all expected. Hans has gambled away the siblings money and Greta is avoided by many villagers for her strange ways “what child kills and old woman!” 

Greta finds herself turning to the book she stole from the old woman’s gingerbread house to try and save the family from ruin. But with suspicion already surrounding the siblings, a new stranger in town and people mysteriously being killed. Greta finds herself under more and more scrutiny as she uses more and more magic to try and save those around her. 

This was a fantastic reimagining of such a classic tale, I loved how the author wove new magic and characters into the original story, making it her own. 

Some parts of the story needed a bit more or seemed like a quick add on such as the Mira/Rob relationship but overall a beautifully well thought out book with mystery, magic and some big surprises that I did not guess at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Death, and Abandonment

Moderate: Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Child death, and Self harm

Minor: Sexual content

melanie_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I absolutely adored this historical fiction and fantasy romance mash up! There are so many things about this book that were done well: the two storylines that converged, the enmeshing of historical fiction and fantasy, and the writing itself which was thoroughly captivating. This book does not read like a debut novel. It’s so much better than I thought it would be and I will be shouting about it from the rooftops!

This book has some quite dark topics, so check the content warnings.

Thanks to the author, Netgalley and Harper Voyager for the opportunity to review this advanced eBook copy of After The Forest. It’s much appreciated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Vomit, Body horror, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Ableism, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Rape, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Child death, Pandemic/Epidemic, War, Gaslighting, and Torture