Joanna Ruth Meyer

"Epic and engrossing. Magic pulsates through every page.” —Kirkus, starred review "...a compelling, satisfying romantic adventure with metafictional undertones.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “A marvelous, enchanting tale about the power of love and stories.” —Rosamund Hodge, New York Times bestselling author of Cruel Beauty "...beautifully written retelling..." - School Library Journal Echo Alkaev’s safe and carefully structured world falls apart when her father leaves for the city and mysteriously disappears. Believing he is lost forever, Echo is shocked to find him half-frozen in the winter forest six months later, guarded by a strange talking wolf—the same creature who attacked her as a child. The wolf presents Echo with an ultimatum: if she lives with him for one year, he will ensure her father makes it home safely. But there is more to the wolf than Echo realizes. In his enchanted house beneath a mountain, each room must be sewn together to keep the home from unraveling, and something new and dark and strange lies behind every door. When centuries-old secrets unfold, Echo discovers a magical library full of books- turned-mirrors, and a young man named Hal who is trapped inside of them. As the year ticks by, the rooms begin to disappear and Echo must solve the mystery of the wolf’s enchantment before her time is up otherwise Echo, the wolf, and Hal will be lost forever.

Echo North

Moira

No matter how much you might deny it, Echo Alkaev, you are extraordinary. You have been since the moment you were born.

I ran for a lifetime, and another after that, while the centuries spun away and time slipped into eternity. I became part of the wood, and the wood part of me.

I have always been drawn to you, Echo Alkaev. Even when I couldn't remember why.

All at once I saw a huge, white wolf staring at me from the border of the forest, and I swear to God in heaven that his eyes met mine, that his eyes knew mine.

You aren't in any real danger, of course. Readers never are. But it's good to come prepared.

Books are very dull without a person to share them with.

His blue eyes locked on mine, suddenly serious. "Must you always know a story ends happily before you feel equal to beginning it?"

[...] A moth flickered past in the moonlight, and I wondered what kind of story I was in. "Sometimes the adventure is enough."

What others see in you reflects upon them, not you...If others cannot see your true self, if they refuse to see it - that is a flaw in their own character. Not in yours.

Just because you have always thought that does not make it true.

"Do you think your brother and your father were kind to you out of pity? Or because they saw the trueness of your heart, your goodness and your worth?"

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