Where the Woods End

By Charlotte Salter

In a forest of beasts, a young huntress faces a relentless predator born to devour her.

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304 pages· 65,124 words· Est. 7.5 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Kestrel, a young huntress, navigates a forest teeming with danger, but her greatest threat is the Grabber—a creature born to stalk and consume her. Tasked by her controlling mother to hunt these predators, Kestrel, with her fierce weasel companion Pippit, seeks escape from the forest and the scornful villagers. As her own Grabber closes in, she must unravel the forest's secrets and her mother's true intentions. Can she outwit the creature destined to end her, or will she become another victim in this perilous world?

From the publisher

Kestrel, a young huntress, lives in a seemingly endless forest crawling with dangerous beasts. But the most dangerous beasts of all are the Grabbers–beings that are born when you are and stalk you throughout your life, waiting for the perfect moment to snatch and eat you. No one has ever defeated their Grabber once attacked, and those that die from accidents or other creatures are considered “lucky.” Kestrel has been tasked by her mother, a powerful and controlling spell-caster, to hunt down the Grabbers in an effort to protect their village in the forest. Accompanied by Pippit, a hilariously bloodthirsty weasel, she hones her skills as she searches for a way out of the forest–and away from the judgmental villagers who despise her. But her own Grabber is creeping ever closer, and nothing in this forest is what it seems…including her mother’s true motivations.

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