Splinter: A Diverse Sleepy Hollow Retelling by Jasper Hyde

This Is The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow Reborn… In a small town hidden behind the hills of New York, things are far from ordinary. As Sleepy Hollow’s youngest Medical Examiner, the pressure intensifies for Dr. Drusilla Van Tassel when the headless bodies of her sister Katrina’s friends start surfacing. Meanwhile, Drusilla’s ex-lover Ichabod Crane returns to town, dredging up feelings better left buried. Things take a turn for the worst when Drusilla comes face-to-face with the Headless Horseman, who is back to settle old scores – and she and her sister are the perfect targets. Drusilla can repel the horseman with an unknown power, but her sister isn’t so lucky, and she goes missing. However, when Drusilla discovers Ichabod is a monster hunter, she has no other choice but to turn to him for help. Even if that means working with a man she feels an inexplicable attraction to. Will they find Katrina and banish the headless horseman once and for all?

Adult • Diversity Representation/BIPOC/Own Voices • Fantasy/Romantic and Erotic • Fantasy/Contemporary • Diversity Representation/LGBTQ+/Own Voices • Fantasy/Mythic, Retelling, and Folklore

Content Warning: Police Infidelity (brief mention) Bullying (brief mention) Decapitation Misogynoir (implied) Colorism (implied) Racism (implied) Gore Blood Explicit Violence Slavery

Reviewed by almostallthecake book blogger on 2025-02-01T23:49:33Z:

This book took me by surprise. It has everything you could possibly want in a fantasy retelling. I am so so picky about fantasy books and about retellings, and I inhaled this book and my brain feels good now. It pulled me out of a reading slump. THIS book is everything.

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Reviewed by SteveWestenra writer on 2023-11-11T15:29:01Z: