Book: The Waking Forest by Alyssa Wees
Genre: Fantasy
Series: N/A
Publisher: Delacorte Press / Penguin USA
Source: ARC via NetGalley!
Where to Buy: Shop local! Find your local independent bookstore at IndieBound!
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Pan's Labyrinth meets The Hazel Wood in this novel about a girl with terrifying visions and a wish-granting witch whose lives collide in the most unexpected of ways.
"Bewitching, sensuous, and spiked with the unexpected--The Waking Forest is a fever dream you won't ever want to leave."-Joan He, author of The Descendent of the Crane
Genre: Fantasy
Series: N/A
Publisher: Delacorte Press / Penguin USA
Source: ARC via NetGalley!
Where to Buy: Shop local! Find your local independent bookstore at IndieBound!
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Pan's Labyrinth meets The Hazel Wood in this novel about a girl with terrifying visions and a wish-granting witch whose lives collide in the most unexpected of ways.
"Bewitching, sensuous, and spiked with the unexpected--The Waking Forest is a fever dream you won't ever want to leave."-Joan He, author of The Descendent of the Crane
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Goodreads Summary:
The waking forest has secrets. To Rhea, it appears like a mirage, dark and dense, at the very edge of her backyard. But when she reaches out to touch it, the forest vanishes. She’s desperate to know more—until she finds a peculiar boy who offers to reveal its secrets. If she plays a game.
To the Witch, the forest is her home, where she sits on her throne of carved bone, waiting for dreaming children to beg her to grant their wishes. One night, a mysterious visitor arrives and asks her what she wishes for, but the Witch sends him away. And then the uninvited guest returns.
The strangers are just the beginning. Something is stirring in the forest, and when Rhea’s and the Witch’s paths collide, a truth more treacherous and deadly than either could ever imagine surfaces. But how much are they willing to risk to survive?
The waking forest has secrets. To Rhea, it appears like a mirage, dark and dense, at the very edge of her backyard. But when she reaches out to touch it, the forest vanishes. She’s desperate to know more—until she finds a peculiar boy who offers to reveal its secrets. If she plays a game.
To the Witch, the forest is her home, where she sits on her throne of carved bone, waiting for dreaming children to beg her to grant their wishes. One night, a mysterious visitor arrives and asks her what she wishes for, but the Witch sends him away. And then the uninvited guest returns.
The strangers are just the beginning. Something is stirring in the forest, and when Rhea’s and the Witch’s paths collide, a truth more treacherous and deadly than either could ever imagine surfaces. But how much are they willing to risk to survive?
Check out my full review after the jump! Click "Read More" below to continue!
I received a copy of The Waking Forest from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!
I'm just going to be honest, I did not like this book at all, which is super disappointing because the cover is absolutely gorgeous and the premise sounded very interesting. However, once I got started reading, it was definitely akin to taking some sort of hallucinogenic drug because, try as I might, I could not follow what was happening at all. Once I felt like I got the hang of the premise, it would turn out to be something totally left-field and left me confused. The urge to reread parts of the this book due to non-understanding occurred often, which did not make me happy.
By the time I reached 60% of the book, I had to DNF it. I had read that far into the book when I eventually found myself not caring a bit about the characters or what happened to them (not to mention I was still hella confused about the plot). I just didn't have any sort of reason to continue reading this book.
I will say that the reason I awarded 2 stars to this book was the prose itself. The writing was gorgeous and haunting, so gorgeous and haunting in fact that that was a majority of the reason for my confusion, I'm sure. The descriptions were really weird and odd, and honestly if I have to reread a sentence more than a few times to understand what it is you are describing- I'm going to lose interest fast, which is unfortunately what happened here.
Overall, I would probably not recommend this book if you are like me and want the plot to make sense. I understand that the plot doesn't have to make sense in all books such as thrillers and the like, but in a YA book that's not a thriller, I have a bit of a problem with that. Sad that this one is my first DNF of 2019.
Thanks again to Delacorte & Netgalley for the review copy in exchange for my honesty!
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