![]() When we’re drowning ourselves and despite it all, want to save someone else. ![]() That pressure we feel when we think we have to save someone. The Wicker King examines these spaces in a relationship. We never get Jack’s POV, because we see him through August and his love. Or is that just me? It’s a testament to Ancrum’s writing skills that we see Jack so clearly even though this story is very much about August. So badly crave their acceptance, their acknowledgement of you. In this space where you feel like you orbit around someone else. And yet The Wicker King inhabits this space of relatability amidst it all. The nooks, crannies, hooks, and tenderness in their relationship. ![]() You get this sensory experience where you feel yourself being dragged in like August. ![]() The short chapters only contribute to this fast paced feeling – and I loved it! Combined with the page details (the pictures and the pages which get darker), reading The Wicker King feels like a descent. About those lines we cross for the ones we love. Ancrum sweeps you up in this story about friendship, toxicity, and love. The Wicker King is a powerful, gripping, and emotional story about codependency and love. ![]()
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