Powerful and compelling, this high-stakes, feministreimagining of Little Red Riding Hood is perfect for fans of StephanieGarber and Meagan Spooner. For as long as sixteen-year-old Adele can remember, thevillage of Oakvale has been surrounded by the dark wood—a forest filled withterrible monsters. A forest that light itself cannot penetrate. Unlike her fellow villagers, Adele cannot avoid the darkwood.Adele is one of a long line of guardians: women who secretlytake on the form of a wolf, in order to protect their village. But when accepting her fate means giving up the boy sheloves, abandoning the future she imagined for herself, and breaking her ownmoral code, she must decide how far she is willing to go to keep her neighborssafe.
