A Dark and Starless Forest

I bought this book before I read it and I regret nothing. Like seriously. First of all, that cover is gorgeous. It has a powerful fat girl on it and a gorgeous nighttime aesthetic. You can’t not immediately need that on your shelf. Also, I got denied for an ARC so I did need it in some form. And the......more

Okay, so I went into this book expecting a fleshed out dark fantasy. Instead what I got was a story about abuse, neglect, grooming, found family, and probably the foster care system, but with magic. That's not a bad thing, and I think it's a valuable story to tell, just not the one I was anticipatin......more

*Spoiler free* I've followed this author online for awhile before her book deal was even announced, so I was siked when it finally did! I'm of course a sucker for creepy forest stories, and this one features a fat girl main character, who must look out for her siblings as they are taken into the wood......more

trigger warning (view spoiler)[ gaslighting, emotional abuse, gaslighting, trauma, grief, being drugged (hide spoiler)] Every seems normal as the first of Derry's siblings goes missing. Since her ability is to grow plantlife, she only finds it natural that the forest starts talking to her. This book had all the elements I want in b......more

I really loved the sibling bonds these girls had, trapped in the middle of a forest, trying to find ways to pass the time. When they started to go missing, I really felt the loss that Derry felt, and the hole they left behind as she desperately tried to search for them. Some of this story could be a......more