After the Forest is a dark and enchanting fantasy debut that explores
the repercussions of a childhood filled with magic and a young woman
contending with the truth of happily ever after."
Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour.
Twenty years after the witch in the gingerbread house, Greta and Hans are
struggling to get by. Their mother and stepmother are long dead, Hans is
deeply in debt from gambling, and the countryside lies in ruin, its people
starving in the aftermath of a brutal war.
Greta has a secret, though: the witch's grimoire, secreted away and
whispering in Greta's ear for the past two decades, and the recipe inside that
makes the best gingerbread you've ever tasted. As long as she can bake,
Greta can keep her small family afloat.
But in a village full of superstition, Greta and her mysteriously addictive
gingerbread, not to mention the rumors about her childhood misadventures, is
a source of gossip and suspicion.
And now, dark magic is returning to the woods and Greta's magic - magic she
is still trying to understand - may be the only thing that can save her. If it
doesn't kill her first
Kell Woods is an Australian historical fantasy author. She lives near the sea
with her husband, two sons, and the most beautiful black cat in the realm.
Kell studied English literature, creative writing, and librarianship, so she could
always be surrounded by stories. She has worked in libraries for the past
twelve years, all the while writing about made-up (and not so made-up)
places, people and things you might remember from the fairy tales you read
as a child.
Tor
On Sale: Sep 26/23
5.38 x 8.25 • 384 pages
9781250852489 • $38.99 • CL - With dust jacket
Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology