A Dark Forgetting
A Novel
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- USD 11.99
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- USD 11.99
Publisher Description
Previously published under the title Edgewood.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Kristen Ciccarelli weaves the epic love story of a magical girl, the boy she left behind, and a deadly curse.
“Lush, dark, and romantic. I could have remained lost in the woods forever." - Isabel Ibañez, #1 New York Times bestselling author of What the River Knows
No matter how far she runs, the forest always comes for Emeline Lark, haunting her with its mysterious disappearances and its tales of fae magic.
When her grandfather goes missing, Emeline is forced to venture into the woods to save him. There, Hawthorne Fell, a handsome and brooding tithe collector, brutally tries to dissuade her from searching, even as a magnetic spark ignites between them.
Undeterred, Emeline enters the court of the fabled Wood King and makes a deal: her voice for her grandfather’s freedom. Little does she know, she’s stumbled into a curse that threatens the very existence of this eerie world she’s now trapped in. To survive, she’ll need to team up with the fiery yet secretive Hawthorne. If she fails, she’ll lose everything she holds dear.
Devastating and romantic, in Kristen Ciccarelli’s A Dark Forgetting, everything has a cost.
"Darkly gorgeous and moving… full of curses and fae magic that will capture your heart and wrap it in thorns before setting you free again, forever changed." - Evelyn Skye, New York Times bestselling author of The Crown's Game
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Two years ago, at age 17, aspiring folk-pop artist Emeline Lark left Edgewood to pursue her dreams in Montreal. Edgewood's forest still approaches whenever she sings, creeping into every club she plays as if drawn to her voice, but only Emeline seems to notice the insects swarming her legs and the moss sprouting from her microphone. She wonders if "her mind wasn't perhaps going the way of" Pa, the grandfather who raised her, who lives with dementia—but she's about to travel the world as her favorite band's opening act, so she endeavors to ignore the phenomenon, real or not. When Pa goes missing, Emeline returns home to help search. Though locals say Pa was taken by the Wood King, an ancient being who demands quarterly tithes, Emeline believes he simply wandered off. After finding the Wood King's marker on Pa's pillow, however, she realizes the truth behind Edgewood's legends and mounts a rescue. Though anemic worldbuilding occasionally disappoints, atmospheric prose and tender queer and straight romances lift this standalone fantasy from Ciccarelli (the Iskari series), who weaves a spellbinding tale of magic, music, and sacrifice. Emmeline cues as white; several supporting characters have brown skin. Ages 13–up.
