This is entirely on me, 1) for writing something potentially harmful, and 2) for getting feedback so late in the publication process. In the spirit of full transparency, this was MY decision! I delay the book because I received sensitivity reader feedback that required more of an overhaul than I had time to do well.

It’s not ”good” news, and I hate to disappoint people.But #Witchshadow is getting delayed to J(in the US. On her Instagram, Susan Dennard announces the pushed back release date to J(previously February 16, 2021) due to sensitivity reader feedback.Someone who broke the world just to make it new again. She reminds the Rook of someone he knew long ago. The Sun, with her golden hair, is annoyed and does not try to hide it the Moon, with her black hair, is impassive, all her feelings and thoughts kept tucked away behind lucent nothing. Both girls wear matching brown shifts that come to their knees, but this is where their likeness ends. The people call the Sun ‘Domna.’ They call the Moon nothing at all. But it never touches the Well, nor the mossy flagstones surrounding it, nor the beech trees waiting to come alive. Snow fell in the night, a light dusting that has turned the pine forest to fragile white. Behind them, long dormant beech trees stand sentry. Some have weapons, most have uniforms, and all have bored scowls. It has been even longer since he saw them heal a Well.Ī hundred people attend, arranged in stiff rows around the wide pond. It has been a long time since he saw the Sun and the Moon come together. Iseult could embrace this power and heal the land, but first she must choose on which side of the shadows her destiny will lie. And Vivia-rightful queen of Nubrevna-finds herself without a crown or home.Īs villains from legend reawaken across the Witchlands, only the mythical Cahr Awen can stop the gathering war. Meanwhile, the Bloodwitch Aeduan is beset by forces he cannot understand. And though Iseult has plans to save her friend, they will require her to summon magic more dangerous than anything she has ever faced before.

For Iseult to stay alive, she must flee Cartorra while Safi remains. Iseult has found her heartsister Safi at last, but their reunion is brief. Susan Dennard's New York Times bestselling, young adult epic fantasy Witchlands series continues with Witchshadow, the story of the Threadwitch Iseult.

Witchshadow by Susan Dennard