Alexandra McCollum
Viking
13 Janaury 2026
336
eBook - EPUB
LGBT+ Fantasy
ARC via Edelweiss
There are at least 100 things wrong with Meredith Schwarzwelder. In fact, keeping track of these things is the only way David Carew has managed to remain living with him for as long as he has. Meredith is an irredeemable eccentric who flirts with everyone in his path (#3 on the list), cries at anything (#35), makes the worst coffee in the world (#70), and talks to mice, or imagines he does (#50).
It’s bad enough living with such a person on the edge of the Midnight Wood, but when magic starts to seep from the wood and a dark being emerges with a sinister plan involving Meredith, David decides that it’s time to leave the cottage, and his roommate, behind. Then Meredith’s brother gets engaged to the daughter of David’s boss, and he sees the perfect opportunity to advance his career and make his escape.
With wedding bells sounding and the dangers of the Midnight Wood encroaching, David realizes there’s much more hiding beneath the surface of his roommate’s seemingly carefree charm, and that perhaps his own exasperation carries more fondness than he’d like to admit.
Into the Midnight Wood was a book it took me a little while to fully get into, but once I did, I was hooked. The fantasy elements in the story blended seamlessly with the action. The book was a little slowly paced at first but began to gather momentum at the midway point, and it was then that I became more invested with the plot, the characters and their relationships. The principal romance progressed at a realistic pace and both Meredith and David grew as people over the course of the story. The ending was satisfying too, so I recommend this work to fans of the lighter end of fantasy who don't mind a slower paced tale. I am giving it 4 stars.
I received this book as a free eBook ARC via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
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