The Wicker King
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K. Ancrum
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.An Imprint Book
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Author
K. Ancrum
Pages
288
Publisher
Imprint
Published Date
2017-10-31
ISBN
1250101565 9781250101563
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""You're all complex and...you act like something is itching to crawl out of your skin." <br/><br/>4.5⭐<br/><br/>The Wicker King is such a great read! It's intriguing from the start with short chapters and an immersive story. The pages get darker as the characters descend into madness, and I thought that was really cool. This book is heartbreaking and unsettling, and Jack and August deserve so much better than the adults in their lives. This one is going to stick with me.<br/><br/>CW - mental illness, abuse, mention of suicide"
Emily
"I can’t recommend this book enough. Super underrated so you get to say you’re into indie stuff heh. It’s got that sort of distant, hazy writing style if you get me. Like everything is just a little nostalgic and sad. The perfect amount of pining. Also a pretty quick read. I loved it."
frankie lupo
"read it in one sitting bc i NEEDED someone to confess their love for the other "
Evan McDuffie