skconaghan 's review for:

The Drowned Woods by Emily Lloyd-Jones
3.0
adventurous fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I was loving this as much as The Wild Huntress to begin with, but the story took a curve near the middle and careened off into something I wasn’t so keen on with one too many easy deceptions and a very naive protagonist. 

I enjoyed the magical elements, especially as they were elemental, and the plot was nifty most of the way through, but then the ending was more of a ‘wait…what just happened…?’ sort of twist, rather than an ‘omg I never saw that coming!!’ thing—like it took you a bit by surprise, but not in a good way.
 
Trevor, though, man Trevor takes the cake. Best character of the bunch. 

A decent bit of folkloric entertainment, well-written and designed, but lacking the feel of magic I’d so enjoyed in her other work. 

… a lot of drive-by cameos by hero-like cooks. Random. These cooks and Trevor definitely held my interest.