In the picturesque town of Cielo Colorato, young Beatrice, or Bea, moves from New York back to Italy to care for her ailing grandmother, Nonna. Beatrice viewed being in the town as a burden, but found a way to channel her frustration into painting. However, the idyllic setting is overshadowed by a chilling rumor about the Great Leaf Grove, the nearby forest with a mysterious number of disappearances behind it.
While dealing with enemies at school and facing new friendships, she has a chance encounter with the creature dwelling in the forest. Bea is then faced with a life-altering choice. Will she become a victim of the lurking darkness, or can she forge an unlikely friendship with the very creature the town fears?
Sawyer lives a harsh life in a hard world. Her mother is constantly working to heal their sick father and Sawyer has to take care of her younger sister as the step-in 'mom'. Their village is adjacent to a blackened forest by the name of the Twilight Woods. The witch Umbra inhabits it and is the one who created it out of grief and anger. The curse turned every being inside into a hideous creature of darkness and shadow, a Silhouette. They take over and attack the village every so often in attempt to seek out the potion that will grant Umbra her freedom so she can have her revenge and wreak havoc on the village. Sawyer soon finds herself in the paws of the forest and has to rescue her younger sister. Accompanied by the Potion Master's son, they embark on a journey that causes them to cheat death and risk Umbra's infinite wrath. Will they make it out unscathed or succumb to the unimaginable doom of becoming Silhouette's and slaves to the witch?
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Started - October 23, 2017
Finished - December 26, 2022
This book contains slightly heavier themes.