{"id":23562,"date":"2024-05-03T13:34:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T17:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=23562"},"modified":"2024-06-02T08:54:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T12:54:19","slug":"evergreen-chase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/23562","title":{"rendered":"Evergreen Chase"},"content":{"rendered":"

Evergreen Chase<\/em><\/a> (2021) Juneau Black<\/a> (Shady Hollow)<\/p>\n

\"Evergreen<\/a>It’s almost Solstice, but someone has stolen Shady Hollow’s solstice tree–the tallest in the forest! The one that Callum Burrows has been been tending for years.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been my privilege to tend this year\u2019s tree. It was selected thirty-six years ago, and it\u2019s become the finest, tallest, and most beautiful specimen in Evergreen Chase. I watered it when it was a sapling, trimmed back growth around it, covered it with a blanket during the summer hailstorm twenty years back, and picked off beetles one by one during the infestation last decade.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Who would do such a thing?<\/p>\n

\u201cLook like teeth marks,\u201d Meade said. \u201cCould be muskrat or beaver.\u201d <\/p>\n

The beavers standing nearby huffed with offended pride. \u201cWe would never!\u201d one declared. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd, anyway, we\u2019ve got tools for that!\u201d another added, lifting a long saw the team had brought along. <\/p>\n

A third beaver said, \u201cYeah, we\u2019re not barbarians.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWe only gnaw on dentist-approved wood products,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But who would want to ruin the town’s holiday spirit?<\/p>\n

Characters: Vera Vixen, Lenore Lee, Orville Braun, Howard Chitters, Theodore Meade, Parson Dusty, Lefty, Joe Elkin, Callum Burrows<\/p>\n

Cover design and illustration by Perry De La Vega<\/p>\n

Publisher: Vintage<\/p>\n

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Evergreen Chase (2021) Juneau Black (Shady Hollow) It’s almost Solstice, but someone has stolen Shady Hollow’s solstice tree–the tallest in the forest! The one that Callum Burrows has been been tending for years. It\u2019s been my privilege to tend this year\u2019s tree. It was selected thirty-six years ago, and it\u2019s become the finest, tallest, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[191,190,292,2,204,8,196],"tags":[757,758],"class_list":["post-23562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-5-10","category-cozy","category-ebook","category-fantasy","category-good","category-mystery","category-novella","tag-juneau-black","tag-shady-hollow"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-682","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24719,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24719","url_meta":{"origin":23562,"position":0},"title":"Shady Hollow, Audio Book","author":"Michelle","date":"July 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Shady Hollow, Audiobook (2015) Juneau Black narrated by Cassandra Campbell (A Shady Hollow Mystery #1) I still love the story, but the narration isn't my favorite. After finishing Blitz, this became the listen-in-the-car book. When I previously suggested Michael might enjoy this series, he scoffed and said it wasn't for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Shady Hollow","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Shady-Hollow.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":23569,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/23569","url_meta":{"origin":23562,"position":1},"title":"Phantom Pond","author":"Michelle","date":"May 6, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Phantom Pond (2023) Juneau Black (Shady Hollow) It's Mischief Night, and everyone is ready for games and treats and tricks--and everyone knows not to go into the woods, or creeping Juniper, the witch who lives there, will get you. First, I really love this series. She jumped in surprise but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8.5\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8.5\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-5-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Phantom Pond","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Phantom-Pond.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":23261,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/23261","url_meta":{"origin":23562,"position":2},"title":"Shady Hollow","author":"Michelle","date":"February 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Shady Hollow (2015) Juneau Black (A Shady Hollow Mystery) This is cozy mystery, set in a fantasy world with intelligent animals. The characters\u2019 resemblances to real creatures, alive or cruelly murdered, is incidental indeed. For those who feel compelled to resolve this issue before continuing with the story, you may\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "9\/10"","block_context":{"text":"9\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/9-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Shady Hollow","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Shady-Hollow.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Shady-Hollow.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Shady-Hollow.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25416,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/25416","url_meta":{"origin":23562,"position":3},"title":"Mirror Lake, Audio Book","author":"Michelle","date":"August 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Mirror Lake, Audio Book (2022) Juneau Black narrated by Cassandra Campbell (Shady Hollow #3) At the base of the great elm tree that Heidegger called home, Vera pulled the bell rope to alert the owl. In response, a basket attached to a thin rope dropped from above. \u201cAh, but now\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8.5\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8.5\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-5-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Mirror Lake","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mirror-Lake-194x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":25418,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/25418","url_meta":{"origin":23562,"position":4},"title":"Cold Clay, Audio Book","author":"Michelle","date":"August 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Cold Clay, Audio Book (2022) Juneau Black narrated by Cassandra Campbell (Shady Hollow #2) A skeptic with an eye for minutiae may even ask why a rat requires a visit to the haberdasher. In turn, we ask such skeptics to look to their own hat collections before passing judgment on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8.5\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8.5\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-5-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Cold Clay","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cold-Clay-194x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":25457,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/25457","url_meta":{"origin":23562,"position":5},"title":"Twilight Falls, Audio Book","author":"Michelle","date":"October 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Twilight Falls, Audio Book (2023) Juneau Black narrated by Cassandra Campbell (A Shady Hollow Mystery #4) And everywhere, you hear the sound of water flowing. It begins with tiny trickles from melting icicles and the rivulets running down the slopes. Whether seeping or meandering or tumbling madly, they all meet\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Twilight Falls","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Twilight_Falls-195x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}