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The Wicker King

By K. Ancrum
The Wicker King by K. Ancrum digital book - Fable

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The Wicker King is a psychological young adult thriller that follows two friends struggling as one spirals into madness.

Jack once saved August's life…now can August save him?

August is a misfit with a pyro streak and Jack is a golden boy on the varsity rugby team—but their intense friendship goes way back. Jack begins to see increasingly vivid hallucinations that take the form of an elaborate fantasy kingdom creeping into the edges of the real world. With their parents’ unreliable behavior, August decides to help Jack the way he always has—on his own. He accepts the visions as reality, even when Jack leads them on a quest to fulfill a dark prophecy.

August and Jack alienate everyone around them as they struggle with their sanity, free falling into the surreal fantasy world that feels made for them. In the end, each one must choose his own truth.

Written in vivid micro-fiction with a stream-of-consciousness feel and multimedia elements, K. Ancrum's The Wicker King touches on themes of mental health and explores a codependent relationship fraught with tension, madness and love.

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3.5
“It was really easy to get through, but really confusing? I know there was an arc that apparently didn't touch on the mxm side of the story and people weren't too happy about that, but honestly I would have preferred if this had stayed as a friendship. I didn't really like the romance portrayed in this.”
Surprised Face with Open Mouth“Why were there pictures of like real life men in the whole book kind of weirded me out not gonna lie also actually there’s nothing else. I just thought that part was weird and I liked how the pages got darker and that’s it. I guess I mean the two love interest were OK but Jack was weird like Bruh I liked August but also why did he like Jack so much and I felt bad for Rena like they did her dirty they’re both pretty weird, but yeah I don’t really like Jack. That’s kind of ruined the whole thing for me but also it was kind of fun but not really that’s it. 👍”

About K. Ancrum

K. Ancrum is the author of the award-winning thriller The Wicker King, the interstellar lesbian romance The Weight of the Stars, and the Peter Pan thriller Darling. Ancrum is a Chicago native passionate about diversity and representation in young adult fiction. She currently writes most of her work in the lush gardens of the Chicago Art Institute.

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