I managed to read this in one sitting! When an author manages to write deep, compelling, and emotional characters in the span of 100-odd pages - I am always floored. Tesh created beautiful, fleshed-out characters when she wrote about Tobias, our dear Wild Man of the Wood, and Henry Silver, a dangerously curious human. When Henry (affectionately referred to as Silver by Tobias) discovers and meets Tobias for the first time, he is not put off by his wild yet solemn nature. Tobias certainly didn’t expect to feel anything in return, but finds himself slowly opening up to Silver. In the process, he also uncovers parts of his past that he would’ve preferred to stay buried.