Ghostly woods with C J Cooke
Within the midst of the woods stands a home referred to as Lichen Corridor.
This place is shrouded in folklore – previous tales of ghosts, of witches, of a kid who isn’t fairly a baby.
Now the woods are creeping nearer, and one thing has been unleashed……..
BookTrail the areas in The Ghost Woods
BookTrail the areas in The Ghost Woods
Boarding Go Data : The Ghost Woods
Vacation spot : Scotland
Creator information: C J Cooke
Style: Historic fiction, ghostly, gothic
Foods and drinks to accompany: Too chilling to eat
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BookTrail the areas in The Ghost Woods
A novel to move you deep within the coronary heart of Haunted woods in Scotland
Lichen Corridor within the Scottish Borders. A fictional place however whenever you go inside, you can be so blissful it’s not actual. All of it appears very actual nevertheless. There’s gothic woods, an previous home, witchery folklore and a really unhappy story about motherhood at its coronary heart. We additionally go to Dundee and Edinburgh, however it’s these darkish gothic woods round Lichen Corridor the place the tales of fairyfolk come from that actually shines as a literary setting to recollect.
Two timelines and two predominant characters. Mabel lives in Dundee and falls pregnant at 17 however she will’t be. She thinks it’s the ghosts inside her making her do unusual issues. Pearl is barely older at 22 however years aside, they’re taken to a mom and child residence – Lichen Corridor. From these two story threads alone, you already know issues will not be going to go nicely.
BookTrail the areas in The Ghost Woods
The woods will draw you in as if you’re in a trance. Are you able to hear the whispers, see the shadows? When the moon shimmers, are you able to see the bushes with their pale ghostly trunks? Lichen Corridor swallows and modifications those that are taken right here and made to remain right here. The destiny of the 2 women will grow to be as intertwined because the tree roots in these darkish, ghostly woods.
With all of the gothic and supernatural components, there’s a actual severe theme to this ebook. The theme of motherhood and underage moms drives the disappointment. The creator mentions in her notice on the finish that the tales of the Magdalene laundries.
This novel is fantastical and mystical and really fairytale-esque. The setting of the forest, the place the place the witches, goblins and different worldy creatures reside is splendidly evoked. I may see the theatrical on this, the fantastic approach it will translate to the massive display and even the stage. When the legend of the Ghost woods is lastly revealed and I shivered…..
I discovered this a extremely attention-grabbing approach of getting a severe theme set towards a ghostly, fantastical background and it really works so nicely due to this superb creator!
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