Honeysuckle

The Bear and the Nightingale meets Weyward in this enchanting,deeply compelling debut about love and powerautonomy and consent. Once upon a timeon the edge between meadow and forestthere was a lonely child with only his older sister for company. In exchange for being left in peacehis sister made him a playmate-Dayea girl woven from flowers and words. And for the first timethis boyRoryhad a friend. Rory couldn’t be happieruntil he learns that Daye is a short-lived creature. At the end of each seasonshe must be woven back together or fall gruesomely apart. And every time Daye falls apart might be her last. As Rory and Daye grow older and the line between friendship and romance begins to blurRory becomes desperate to break this cycle of bloom and decay. But the farther Rory pushes his research and experiments to lengthen Daye’s existencethe more Daye begins to wonder just how much control she really has over her own life. As a loose reimagining of the story of Blodeuwedd from Welsh mythologyHoneysuckle is an entrancinginventiveand unsettling debut.