He made up the bed in the other room with the clean set of winter blankets, which he hadn’t been planning to get out for another week. The old blankets were stained with moss-green markings. Tobias bundled them up in the corner to wash. In the old-fashioned language of folklore, Sil­ver in the Wood tells a tale about a 400-year-old inhabitant of the forest named Tobias Finch. One night, a young man named Henry Silver comes to Finch’s door to get out of the rain, and across the rest of the book, the two of them pursue each other in a subtle, aching romance. The Lord of Summer, a fae creature named Fabian with whom Finch has tangled before, threatens to disrupt the lives of Silver, his family, and the townspeople who live near the forest with his appetites. With the help of magic and sacrifice, all ends well, if not ideally. Tobias has been the Wild Man of Greenhollow Wood for four hundred years now, protecting the Wood from the local people, and the local people from the things that dwell in the Wood. These include smaller spirits like dryads, both friendly and otherwise, and more dangerous creatures like the Summer King. Tobias is very much part of the Wood himself, and though he certainly started life as a human he is not, quite, human and mortal at this point. To local villagers, he is a creature out of myth himself, and someone to fear. Henry’s presence as the Vernal Equinox approaches begins to stir up the past in an entirely new way, and Tobias comes to realize that things are going to change whether he wants them to or not. For the first time in his life, something matters to him more than the forest itself. I don’t know where Tesh has been all these years, but she’s a gem of a writer. The world of Greenhollow Hall and the lives of its inhabitants are gorgeously rendered. She is a captivating writer, one who can describe a scene in detail without burying the reader in minutiae or losing sight of how the characters influence and are influenced by the scene.

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A wildly evocative and enchanting story of old forests, forgotten gods, and new love. Just magnificent."—Jenn Lyons, author of The Ruin of Kings Tobias and Silver search for Maud, finding that she has already killed the vampire in question. Maud is also a scholar of folklore; she is interested in finding Fairyland. Silver uses his powers to open a door to Fairyland, which is empty. Most of the fairies have died out in the preceding centuries; only a servant and the Fairy Queen remain. The Queen attempts to possess Maud, but she is defeated by Silver's magic. Silver, Tobias, and Maud return to their world. Maud begins to work for Mrs. Silver. The fairy servant becomes the new Lord of Greenhollow Wood, allowing Silver to become mortal once again and to rekindle his relationship with Tobias.Series Info/Source: This is the first book in the Greenhollow Duology. I bought this book for my Kindle.

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The romance in this is slow burn and so sweet and unexpected, but between two men that I just can’t help but love, which made it all the better. I felt Tobias in my soul: the old caretaker of the wood (though, it’s more than that, really) who’s a bit too jaded, a bit too cynical. Pair that with the young, effortlessly charming Silver, who so easily wormed his way into mine (and Tobias’s) heart. There was really so much to love about this. I particularly enjoyed the almost naive, shy, childlike way Tobias approaches the relationship, especially paired with the earnest, confident advances Silver makes, which flips the dynamic in an interesting way. Silver laughed abruptly, a splendid peal of sound. Maidens, they told me. Yellow-haired for preference. I honestly had absolutely no idea what to expect from this going in, because no one could really tell me except that I had to read it. I’m here to tell you all today … read it. It’s fabulous, even though I sometimes struggle to say exactly why. It’s just … everything.The young man stared at him a little longer, and then carefully opened Tobias’s garden gate, closed it again behind him, and walked down the path to the cottage. Tobias stood aside to let him in. Need some help with that coat? he asked. Greenman and faerie lore - almost an m/m Tam Lin - are prominent in this one, but I like it best when it talks of the woods: He’s a rather stolid, hulking main character, a wild recluse with a painful past and a gentle heart. As I discovered with Grim in Dreamer’s Pool earlier this year, this is one of my favorite types of character and consequently I loved spending time with his ponderous thoughts and fierce protectiveness for the woods. Silver is also a lovely character with his earnestness and eager curiosity and they make a very sweet couple although I would have liked it if their relationship had had more time to develop. I also loved Silver’s tough monster-hunting mother and Tobias’ dryad friend Bramble. Figure you must be the new owner up at Greenhallow Hall, said Tobias. Which makes you my landlord. Not being kind, just buttering you up.