Dark Enchanted Forests

Lonely Places by Kate Anderson
Lonely Places
by Kate Anderson

Sixteen-year-old Chase wants normalcy--for herself and for her little sister, Guthrie. But when their ever-on-the-move parents relocate them to a lookout in an eerie forest after a traumatic incident, Chase realizes something sinister is after Guthrie and only she seems aware enough to fight it.
Rick Riordan Presents: It Waits in the Forest by Sarah Dass
Rick Riordan Presents: It Waits in the Forest
by Sarah Dass

Inspired by Caribbean folklore, this book follows eighteen-year-old Selena, who gets pulled into a string of mysterious murders on her island home.
Don't Let the Forest in by Drews, C. G.
Don't Let the Forest in
by Drews, C. G.

High school senior Andrew must help his best friend Thomas when Thomas' macabre drawings come to life, killing anyone close to him, and battling monsters each night, Andrew begins to fear the only way to stop the creatures might be to destroy their creator. 30,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
Dead girls walking by Sami Ellis
Dead girls walking
by Sami Ellis

Temple Baker, the daughter of a well-known serial killer, assumes the role of a camp counselor at a camp for true crime enthusiasts while she attempts to unearth the truth surrounding her mother's murder, but becomes embroiled in a disturbing series of events when a girl is found dead in the woods
What the Woods Took by Courtney Gould
What the Woods Took
by Courtney Gould

After being enrolled in an experimental wilderness therapy program without their consent, a group of troubled teens must work together to escape the woods and survive the shapeshifting monsters lurking among them.
And the Trees Stare Back by Gigi Griffis
And the Trees Stare Back
by Gigi Griffis

Set in Soviet-occupied Estonia, this novel follows sixteen-year-old Vik, who's searching for answers in the cursed forest where her younger sister Anna disappeared and returned five years later without having aged.
The forest demands its due by Kosoko Jackson
The forest demands its due
by Kosoko Jackson

When the murder of his classmate at an elite boarding school seems to be forgotten overnight, seventeen-year-old Douglas must confront centuries of secrets in the school's past and a vengeful creature in the forest surrounding the campus
Bittersweet in the Hollow by Kate Pearsall
Bittersweet in the Hollow
by Kate Pearsall

When a girl goes missing in her secluded Appalachian town, seventeen-year-old Linden, who can taste other people's emotions, recovers haunting memories of her own disappearance and explores the legend of the Moth-Wigned Man, leading her to wonder if there are some secrets best left buried.
Under the heron's light by Randi Pink
Under the heron's light
by Randi Pink

This dual POV YA fantasy, inspired by stories about the real Great Dismal Swamp, follows 21st-century college student Atlas as she learns of her family's deep supernatural roots in the Swamp and her grandmother as a former enslaved girl in the 1700s who comes into her power in those very same swamp lands. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
Where the dark stands still by A. B. Poranek
Where the dark stands still
by A. B. Poranek

Making a bargain with a demon to be free of her monstrous powers, Liska, who has been forced to live in the demon's crumbling manor, soon discovers something far worse than her host—something that cannot be defeated unless she embraces the monster she's always feared becoming. Simultaneous eBook.
A Girl Walks Into the Forest by Madeleine Roux
A Girl Walks Into the Forest
by Madeleine Roux

Midsommar meets The Shadows Between Us in this ... mash-up of horror and fairy tale from ... Madeleine Roux, where a girl must embark on a harrowing journey through a deadly forest filled with otherworldly creatures, supernatural forces, and one maniacal villain who will stop at nothing to bring her down--Provided by publisher.
When the Bones Sing by Ginny Myers Sain
When the Bones Sing
by Ginny Myers Sain

Seventeen-year-old Dovie, who can hear the bones of the dead, and her best friend Lo, who believes he is haunted by the ghosts of murdered hikers, must uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearances in their Ozark mountain town before anyone else is killed.