Book Review
Title: Drowned Country by Emily Tesh (The Greenhollow Duology Book 2)
Genre: Fantasy, LGBT
Rating: 3.75 Stars
After really enjoying the first book I couldn’t wait to get into the Drowned Country and return to the story of Tobias and Henry and their romance. The opening to Drowned Country didn’t hit the same way as the first book since Henry has been sulking and letting his power run wild but when his mother requests help with a case her and Tobias are struggling with he is unable to say no. This Henry seems very different in personality from the first book and he doesn’t even treat Tobias the same way when they get to Rothport to deal with an ancient vampire.
However, by the time Henry arrives and is used as bait, they quickly realise there is no vampire but a young woman looking for the entrance to fairyland in order to return as she has been there before. Henry used to be fascinated with fairies but that seems to have disappeared until the road appears before him and Maud but Tobias intervenes sending all three of them down the side of the cliff. From their time in fairyland it appears that it has been dying for a while and they want Maud’s body to change that but she doesn’t understand what she is getting into and it is Henry who saves the day.
When they return home, the fairy follows wanting to take charge of the wood but Bramble intervenes. She explains that while Tobias chose the wood it didn’t choose him but with Henry the wood chose him but he didn’t choose it and his unhappiness is spreading wickedness through the wood. Bramble during this time has planted herself and become the wood so she frees Henry from his responsibility to it allowing him and Tobias to be together. Overall, I didn’t enjoy this story as much as the first one but I did enjoy seeing Tobias and Henry getting their happily ever after.
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