Into the Woods

I’ll admit, I rolled my eyes at first—*another* fae romance set in the woods? But *Into the Woods* hooked me in the first 20 minutes, and it wasn’t just the chemistry (though oh, the *chemistry*). What sold me was how Enders weaves the past and present together without relying on flashbacks. Instead, the audiobook uses shifts in narration tone—Martina’s voice softens, Frost’s grows more hesitant—to signal memory, and it *works*. The suspense isn’t just about external threats; it’s the slow reveal of how these characters betrayed each other as kids, and whether they can trust the adults they’ve become. That said, the pacing stumbles slightly in the middle. The romantic tension is so well-drawn that the suspense plot (involving a missing human and fae politics) occasionally feels like an afterthought. And while Frost’s narration is mostly stellar, his delivery of the fae’s more poetic lines sometimes veers into *too* much gravitas, pulling me out of the moment. But the finale? Worth it. The last hour is a masterclass in audiobook tension—whispers, overlapping dialogue, a moment where the sound design makes it feel like the woods themselves are holding their breath. If you love romance with bite, fae who aren’t just pretty faces, and audiobooks that *use* the medium, this is your next listen. Just maybe don’t start it before bed. Those woods linger.