Review for The Goblins of Bellwater by Molly Ringle: ★★★★

The Goblins of Bellwater by Molly Ringle

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


::..Reviewed for Red's Midnight Readers..::

I was very generously provided with an ARC in exchange for an honest review. I have given it 4.5 stars.

I had never heard of this author until I came across this book on Netgalley, so going into the book I was completely blind to the author's writing style. The blurb however, was too enticing to pass up the opportunity to read it.

The Goblins of Bellwater was a completely unexpected surprise, I absolutely loved it! So much better than anything I could have ever imagined, it was magically entertaining, drawing inspiration from a well known poem. The writing style was creative and addictive, it had me under it's spell from the very first word. I couldn't put it down, even if I had wanted to!

The author managed to create a creepy and chilling atmosphere with this hauntingly beautiful tale of love, magic and the Teeny Tinies that dwell in the forest.

My only issue is that I felt the characters and their relationships remained a little under developed. I would have loved to have seen more character development but other than that, I thought it was simply brilliant. A great book from an obviously talented writer.

Blurb
Most people have no idea goblins live in the woods around the small town of Bellwater, Washington. But some are about to find out. Skye, a young barista and artist, falls victim to a goblin curse in the forest one winter night, rendering her depressed and silenced, unable to speak of what happened. Her older sister, Livy, is at wit's end trying to understand what's wrong with her. Local mechanic Kit would know, but he doesn't talk of such things: he's the human liaison for the goblin tribe, a job he keeps secret and never wanted, thrust on him by an ancient family contract.Then Kit starts dating Livy, and Skye draws Kit's cousin Grady into the spell through an enchanted kiss in the woods. Skye and Grady are doomed to become goblins and disappear from humankind forever, unless Livy, the only one untainted by enchantment, can unravel the spell by walking a dangerous magical path of her own.


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