The Wicker King

Name: The Wicker King
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: K. Ancrum
ISBN: 9781705281581

Author: K. Ancrum

Narrator: Charlie Thurston

Unabridged: 5 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/26/2021

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Social Themes

Synopsis

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.

About K. Ancrum

K. Ancrum grew up in Chicago Illinois, under the illusory rigor of the Chicago Public School system. She attended Dominican University to study Fashion Merchandizing, but was lured into getting an English degree after spending too many nights experimenting with hard literary criticism and hanging out with unsavory types, like poetry students. Currently, she lives in Andersonville and writes books at work when no one is looking.

Reviews

Goodreads review by C.G. on December 12, 2019

[read 3 | Dec 2019] because I just needed to feel my heart absolutely melt in my chest before this year ends. I teared up in the author letter AGAIN and I seriously am just over here feeling thoughtful and sad, but in a good way. This book so deeply means a lot to me. I think the thing that stood out......more

Goodreads review by Elle on June 30, 2019

Have you ever read a book that you love, but also feel as if you'd be judged by everyone for recommending? This is that book for me. The Wicker King is a weird, weird book, and one I'm sure will be polarizing. But the immersive atmosphere and developed characters absolutely saved this one for me. Let......more

Goodreads review by destiny ♡ on March 11, 2022

#1 The Wicker King ★★★★★ #1.5 The Legend of the Golden Raven ★★★★☆ I originally read this book as an ARC, and was really bothered by a few things in it. I was so disappointed that I gave it 2.5 stars, but as the finished copy released, I started receiving messages from friends, saying it was differen......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on January 28, 2019

“Would you do something bad if you knew it would have more good in it, in the end, than bad?” Okay, I just want to start this review off that this book will forever be sentimental to me, not only because it was the first book I read this year and that I absolutely loved it, but also becau......more