Reviewed by Debra Williams
This is the third and final installment in a fantasy YA series. 18-year-old Freya’s long-lost grandmother is set to start a bloody war. The story follows shape-shifting wolf-human Freya’s journey as she battles her crackpot ancestor, Scilla, and the threat to everything that Freya has grown to love. Blackwood and its residents are more than Freya first thought them to be, and the time is perfect to call in favours with her angry ancestor on the warpath. Will Blackwood crumble or prove a force to be reckoned with?
From the publisher: “Thomson’s skill in blending the fantastical with the profoundly human, her intricate characterisations and her immersive world-building is a narrative that is both a celebration and a meditation on the nature of power, identity, and legacy. A fitting end to a sage that has, at its heart, always been about exploring the unknown and finding one’s place within it.” (Peta Carolan, reviewer.)
For
those who enjoy tales involving dire wolves, shapeshifters, seers, and shadow
stealers, Blackwood is an absorbing read.
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