This was everything the reviews are saying: dark, gothic and lyrical. Based on folklore and the Brother Grimm fairytales, this story takes you on a journey filled with gods, mermaids, bluebeards, and wulver. 

One thing I noticed that changed a little more midway through the book was the writing style. The first half was lyrical and poetic to the point where it was a bit hard to understand what was going on and then once Kilda wasn’t included in the multiple perspectives anymore, the writing became more comprehensible while remaining lyrical. Keep in mind, I read an arc of this and it could have been changed in the final copy. 

I highly recommend this if you like folklore, dark fairytales and poetic, lyrical writing :)