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Winter’s Teeth
By RA Betzer
Thank you to RA Betzer and Rowan Prose for the eARC. All opinions are my own.
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Winter’s Teeth is an atmospheric horromance featuring Appalachian monsters and a girl who’s out for justice, no matter the personal cost.
From the beginning I was intrigued — our FMC has a strange, almost unbelievable encounter with an unconscious man in an icy creek, and from there the book takes you on a series of turns you don’t expect.
When the same boy is on the crew at her sister’s wedding venue the night her sister goes missing, Rae has questions and she won’t back down without a fight.
The bones of this story were great. An icy, wintry mountainscape, a healing romance between two broken people, and a supernatural mystery that bites into you with ferocity.
Ultimately, I think this story needed some more developmental edits, and Rae needed a reality check. Her overconfidence and complete lack of awareness made her survival damn near unbelievable, and that’s coming from a girl who’s read a lot of unlikely hero stories.
The plot jumped around a bit with twists and impulsive character decisions, and I think ultimately some important details were glossed over while giving more attention to Rae and Fox’s romance.
I think I would believe this story more if Rae and Fox were high schoolers, rather than 20-25, and the book was Young Adult. I do appreciate that because it contains a little bit of spice, it isn’t YA. I guess I would classify it as New Adult.
This story’s vibes are akin to Riverdale and Maximum Ride, but deep in the Appalachians. I recommend it for thriller fans who like an emotionally driven story and a mysterious MMC.
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Winter’s Teeth releases on October 6, 2026 and purchase information is available here
