I would have felt exactly the same if I were in her position. So, Laylee’s anger and frustration was completely justified. Her father just up and left after her mother died and she was left all alone with this huge responsibility. She’s pretty unhappy and I didn’t blame her for a moment. Alice and Oliver travel to Whichwood because Alice has been given a task to help Laylee. The people in her town either don’t care that they’re neglecting her or don’t realize what their actions are doing. But Laylee is just a girl and it’s too much responsibility for just one young girl. Laylee is Whichwood’s mordeshoor, which means she prepares the bodies of the dead and their souls for the afterlife. It’s another magical town similar to Furthermore. We meet Laylee who lives in the village of Whichwood. We do indeed get to see my beloved Alice and Oliver again, but to story is focused on a new character. This is a companion story to Furthermore.

I absolutely adored Furthermore, but Whichwood just hit something different for me. It’s become easy to forget and easier still to ignore the way her hands are stiffening and turning silver, just like her hair, and her own ever-increasing loneliness and fear.īut soon, a pair of familiar strangers appears, and Laylee’s world is turned upside down as she rediscovers color, magic, and the healing power of friendship. Before she was left as the sole remaining mordeshoor in the village of Whichwood, destined to spend her days washing the bodies of the dead and preparing their souls for the afterlife. Before her father, driven by grief, lost his wits (and his way). Laylee can barely remember the happier times before her beloved mother died. A new adventure about a girl who is fated to wash the bodies of the dead in this companion to Furthermore.

Whichwood by Tahereh Mafi