"What you go searching for and what you find aren't always the same."

Richard and Juliette Willoughby are grieving the sudden death of their son, Ewan. Starve Acre appears to be a haunted place as Juliette is convinced that Ewan still lives there. In order to cope, she seeks help from a group of occultists while Richard keeps busy by searching for a legendary oak tree on the property.

This was an atmospheric story of grief and hope with subtle horror tones. It is always interesting to read about the different ways people grieve because Richard and Juliette's processes were polar opposites. I liked how the story switched back and forth from the past to the present to get a background on Ewan's personality and the troubles the family faced in the past as well as present day.

The pacing was slow and I personally found some parts of the story boring as the characters didn't seem to have much personality and Richard was such a hypocrite 🙄 I also wasn't a fan of the ambiguous ending after slowly chugging along through the story for absolutely zero climax. However, the premise itself was interesting, the prose was beautiful, and the imagery was depicted well.