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Winter rose patricia a mckillip6/2/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s possible to fall into an other world and think it a dream. The other thing that McKillip does so well is to mix these supernatural elements with the daily ordinary, so that it all becomes entirely too possible. I understood that, and I pitied him, but I also hated him. Corbet is helpless against the tide of the curse, against the pull of the fey woods. In fact, it’s a choke-hold: What is the true nature of Corbet’s curse? Why is he back? Which sister does he really love? Can Rois save Corbet? Will she want to save him, even if he doesn’t love her back and has literally destroyed her family? There were moments I grew to hate Corbet. Trust McKillip to take the old Tam Lin legend, and turn it on its heel, give it a makeover unlike any other version! Almost, almost, the suspense is unbearable. A disastrous love affair follows: both sisters fall for Corbet, who seems to be under a generations-long curse. It brings back Corbet, the long-forgotten heir to the Lynn estate bordering the woods. Come spring, she will marry her childhood sweetheart. ![]() Her elder sister Laurel is the practical one, caring for the family. ![]() Rois is the herb-woman of the village, knowing the woods in-and-out. ![]()
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