#does have that fairytale insta-romance sort of thing that I'm not a fan of; but I suppose it works for the story.

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2023 reads

Before The Devil Knows You’re Here

YA historical fantasy

follows a young Mexican-American poet in 1836 Wisconsin whose father dies and brother is stolen by a strange tree-like man

she goes on a magical quest to save him, with a young woodcutter she meets who’s also been tracking the man

intertwined with the man telling the story of how he came to be

blends the folktales of jonny appleseed & paul bunyan with faustian bargains and fairytale vibes