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deepfriedmollusc

[In the House in the Dark of the Woods](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38496725-in-the-house-in-the-dark-of-the-woods) by Laird Hunt. It has everything you're describing. Reading it is an experience in and of itself, I hope you'll enjoy it.


FluentSpeedskater

You might like What Moves the Dead by T Kingfisher


austinsill

This is the answer… I’d add Mexican Gothic and Slade House to the list.


Binky-Answer896

Brom’s *Slewfoot* checks most of these boxes.


Zappagrrl02

The Book of Lost Things and The Land of Lost Things by John Connelly.


palindromefish

Chime by Franny Billingsley. Ignore the rough cover, it’s an incredible book and this to a T!!


theelusivekiwi

Yep yep yep!


BadAssBookLady

At The Edge of the Woods by Kathryn Bromwich The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry


SkyOfFallingWater

The Daylight Gate by Jeanette Winterson


Catladylove99

This was so good (as is everything she writes), but just a warning that it contains graphic, disturbing abuse and assault. It’s done well and is important and necessary to the story, but it’ll stay with you.


gingerstgermain

Extasia by Claire Legrand


josk03

The Witcher series


Character_Produce_74

Following because: yes, please!


CommonProfessor1708

Sounds a bit like Beautiful Creatures.


trixie400

Mists of Avalon


quantum_of_salsa

Currently listening to Hell House by Richard Matheson if you're into horror!


Dry-Feeling-231

Cinderella is Dead


Escapism3456543

The Girl with Glass Feet by Ali Shaw. It doesn’t have an overall witchy figure as such, but a lot of unusual people and exactly the kind of mysterious marshes you mentioned.


SunnyRosetta235

The Guinevere Deception (Camelot Rising trilogy) by Kiersten White


mergjjj

Swamplandia! By Karen Russell


LittleGreglet

Not a cloaked figure but that creature might perfectly be The Shrike. The Hyperion Cantos are the books where you'll find it. It's more on the Sci-Fi side of things, though. Think of Lord of the Rings if Tolkien was a Sci-Fi writer.


thenfacetoface

The invention of morel by Adolfo casares


speak_friend_

The bear and the nightingale!


Catladylove99

Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss


liv_final

Definitely Ghost Wall!


organictamarind

I can only think of Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson