FIRST PLACE IN THE INCIPERE AWARDS! FINALIST IN THE 2022 WRITEBLEND AWARDS! SEM-FINALIST IN THE BBNYA AWARDS! FINALIST IN THE BOOKLIFE PRIZE!
FROM THE BOOKLIFE PRIZE (PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY): "The Unraveling of Luna Forester is an intense and inventive story with paranormal elements and psychological depth. Readers will easily engage with the well-staged narrative and welcome its plot twists.""Writing in clipped sentences, the author immediately creates tension and intrigue. The conversations among the many characters are natural and drive both character development and propel the storytelling.""Noelle integrates familiar fairytale and fantasy elements while also maintaining a high level of originality and unpredictability.""The author does a fine job of developing her characters and their relationships while maintaining the degree of mystery surrounding the protagonist in the aftermath of overwhelming loss."--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MATTHEW HAS ALWAYS PROTECTED LUNA'S SECRET.NOW HE MUST PROTECT HER LIFE.When his best friend Luna is found catatonic after a devastating house fire, Matthew begins to fall apart."Take care of them, Matthew.""Always.""Protect my secret.""Of course."That's the promise he made to her only three nights ago. A solemn vow to protect their large found family of humans and supernatural creatures alike.Fated to love her for the rest of his life, and unwilling to break his solemn vow, Matthew knows the only person who can help Luna is her grandmother. Through the woods they must go, just like a fairytale. But the forest is filled with deadly peril: poisonous black moss, chimeras, and worst of all, members of their family who don't want them to continue.As they are picked off one by one, Matthew races to get Luna to safety, all the time doubting everything he thought was true.Can Matthew untangle the twisted threads of Luna's secret before he himself unravels?
A dark fantasy horror with Little Red Ridinghood undertones, perfect for fans of Last House on Needle Street (Catriona Ward), Split (J.B. Salsbury), Legion (Brandon Sanderson), Pretty Girl 13 (Liz Coley), The Quiet at the End of the World (Lauren James), Primal Fear (William Diehl), & Tell me your Dreams (Sydney Sheldon).A dark fantasy horror with Little Red Ridinghood undertones, perfect for fans of Last House on Need