Sisterhood, forbidden fruit, a goblin prince, and the quest to save a sister before it’s too late. Lizzie and Minka are sisters, Lizzie is shy and senseitive while Minka is outgoing and cheerful. Lizzie hates going to the market and prefers to explore the woods alone, Minka loves going to the market and meeting new people. When Minka returns from the market and tells Lizzie about how she’s met a boy who offered her exotic fruit and that he is charming and handsome and the one for her Lizzie is baffled. Soon Minka’s obsession with this boy grows worse and worse, and so does her physical health and soon Lizzie will have to find out who this boy is and what he’s done to Minka. Soon Lizzie comes face to face with this mysterious boy who has bewitched her sister... and he is non other than a zdusze, a goblin and his name is Emil. Emil will do anything to have Minka while Lizzie will do anything to save Minka from him. When Emil takes Minka, Lizzie will have to find the courage in herself to brave the dark woods and the world of goblins in order to save her sister. This was a sweet dark fairytale about sisterhood.

*Thanks Netgalley and Holiday House for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*