The Buried and The Bound
by Rochelle HassanNarrated by: Nikki Massoud, Daniel Henning and Dan Bittner
Published January 24, 2023
Audiobook run time: 11 hours 5 minutes
My review: 4.5 out of 5 stars
A contemporary fantasy YA debut from Rochelle Hassan about monsters, magic, and wicked fae, perfect for fans of The Darkest Part of the Forest and The Hazel Wood.
As the only hedgewitch in Blackthorn, Massachusetts—an uncommonly magical place—Aziza El-Amin has bargained with wood nymphs, rescued palm-sized fairies from house cats, banished flesh-eating shadows from the local park. But when a dark entity awakens in the forest outside of town, eroding the invisible boundary between the human world and fairyland, run-of-the-mill fae mischief turns into outright aggression, and the danger—to herself and others—becomes too great for her to handle alone.
Leo Merritt is no stranger to magical catastrophes. On his sixteenth birthday, a dormant curse kicked in and ripped away all his memories of his true love. A miserable year has passed since then. He's road-tripped up and down the East Coast looking for a way to get his memories back and hit one dead end after another. He doesn't even know his true love's name, but he feels the absence in his life, and it's haunting.
Desperate for answers, he makes a pact with Aziza: he’ll provide much-needed backup on her nightly patrols, and in exchange, she’ll help him break the curse.
When the creature in the woods sets its sights on them, their survival depends on the aid of a mysterious young necromancer they’re not certain they can trust. But they’ll have to work together to eradicate the new threat and take back their hometown... even if it forces them to uncover deeply buried secrets and make devastating sacrifices.
I loved this story! I hope there are five hundred more books involving this cast of characters because I love them. In this book you follow Aziza, a hedgewitch, and Leo, a cursed 16-year-old as they try and figure out what is going on with his curse and fix the border between their world and the magical world that seems to be breaking down in their small town. Needless to say, chaos ensues. There is lots of danger, lots of magic and an incredible story that kept me listening far longer than I should have been. Cannot wait to see if there are more by this incredible author.
Audiobook run time: 11 hours 5 minutes
My review: 4.5 out of 5 stars
As the only hedgewitch in Blackthorn, Massachusetts—an uncommonly magical place—Aziza El-Amin has bargained with wood nymphs, rescued palm-sized fairies from house cats, banished flesh-eating shadows from the local park. But when a dark entity awakens in the forest outside of town, eroding the invisible boundary between the human world and fairyland, run-of-the-mill fae mischief turns into outright aggression, and the danger—to herself and others—becomes too great for her to handle alone.
Leo Merritt is no stranger to magical catastrophes. On his sixteenth birthday, a dormant curse kicked in and ripped away all his memories of his true love. A miserable year has passed since then. He's road-tripped up and down the East Coast looking for a way to get his memories back and hit one dead end after another. He doesn't even know his true love's name, but he feels the absence in his life, and it's haunting.
Desperate for answers, he makes a pact with Aziza: he’ll provide much-needed backup on her nightly patrols, and in exchange, she’ll help him break the curse.
When the creature in the woods sets its sights on them, their survival depends on the aid of a mysterious young necromancer they’re not certain they can trust. But they’ll have to work together to eradicate the new threat and take back their hometown... even if it forces them to uncover deeply buried secrets and make devastating sacrifices.
I loved this story! I hope there are five hundred more books involving this cast of characters because I love them. In this book you follow Aziza, a hedgewitch, and Leo, a cursed 16-year-old as they try and figure out what is going on with his curse and fix the border between their world and the magical world that seems to be breaking down in their small town. Needless to say, chaos ensues. There is lots of danger, lots of magic and an incredible story that kept me listening far longer than I should have been. Cannot wait to see if there are more by this incredible author.
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