The Forest Demands Its Due

The Forest Demands Its Due is a dark academia horror-fantasy about a queer Black boy, Douglas, who attends a boarding school that has murderous monsters and a curse on the town that makes everyone forget the kids who have been killed by those monsters. Except, Douglas doesn’t forget, and he may be t......more

A really good YA, queer horror novel. I loved the dark academia vibes that run through this story, too! I did find Douglas very childish at the start of the story, but as his journey progresses, he goes from a young teen with nothing but attitude to a more mature teen who understands more about himse......more

i honestly don't know what to say about this book... time for a pro-contra list + plot was interesting + main character was cool + setting was written very well, good worldbuilding + magic (?) system was interesting and detailed + not too many characters + cover is very sexy + queer rep - wasn't scary... li......more

This book had plenty of opportunities to be good, somehow managed to miss all of them. It's promoted as a dark academia book set in a elite private boarding school, but somehow the school setting has barely any relevance to the plot. It feels like an afterthought, like an easy excuse to justify why t......more

sadly this was not the haunting dark academia i came for - felt more like a revival of the post-twilight paranormal romance era. not that that's bad, necessarily. just wasn't for me.......more