Into the Woods: Why a Dark Forgetting is Ciccarelli’s most Atmospheric Fantasy yet
Some fantasy novels entertain you for a few hours. Others linger like fog in the back of your mind long after the final page. Kristen Ciccarelli’s A Dark Forgetting belongs firmly in the second category — haunting, romantic, and wrapped in the kind of eerie forest magic that feels both beautiful and dangerous. The Plot (no spoilers) Ciccarelli has already built a loyal fanbase through the Iskari series and the wildly popular Crimson Moth books, but A Dark Forgetting may be her most immersive novel yet. Set in the mysterious woods of Edgewood, the story follows Emeline Lark, a young woman who has spent her life trying to escape the dark forest and the unsettling fae magic hidden within it. But when her grandfather disappears, Emeline is forced to return to the woods she fears most — and straight into the path of Hawthorne Fell, a brooding tithe collector with secrets of his own. What begins as a rescue mission quickly spirals into something far more dangerous: ancient barga...