To me, The Drowned Woods is not a typical story of heroism-everyone in the book exists within a moral grey area, which makes their actions and relationships with one another particularly interesting. I found this quite agreeable, and thought that the character development fit well within the heist framework. The novel is standard length for a YA fantasy, but feels much shorter due to the fast pacing. I blew through this novel in a day, and found it unputdownable. The Drowned Woods is steeped in Welsh folklore and magic, and it's an absolute joy to read. After all, a person with a knife is one thing… but a person with a cause can topple kingdoms. With a motley crew of allies, including a fae-cursed young man, the lady of thieves, and a corgi that may or may not be a spy, Mer may finally be able to steal precious freedom and peace for herself. The best way to do that is to destroy the magical well that keeps the prince’s lands safe. Then Mer’s old handler returns with a proposition: use her powers to bring down the very prince that abused them both. After discovering what he had done, Mer went to great lengths to disappear from his reach. Under the prince’s orders, she located the wells of his enemies, and he poisoned them without her knowledge, causing hundreds of deaths. She is the last living water diviner and has spent years running from the prince who bound her into his service. Once upon a time, the kingdoms of Wales were rife with magic and conflict, and eighteen-year-old Mererid “Mer” is well-acquainted with both.
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