A review by yaaralony
Whispers in the Woods by K.C. Carmine

emotional tense fast-paced

2.5

 I got interested in this book, because I came across this lovely image on facebook, showing a half-tree dude, whith antlers and green hair and no shirt and it seemed right up my alley. And the author was kind enough to send me a copy for review.

So I thought the general plot idea was good, but it wasnt executed very well.
Something about the language felt a little off. For a short novella there were too many issues, and non of them was explored thoroughly enough.
There were the different types of shiters/magical beings, but we hardly got to see anything happen with those magical ablilties. Honestly, I'd love to have more scenes with the various polish(?) mythical creatures and learn more about it.
There was the whole equivalence between queers and shifters, how they are treated, the history and the medical treatments they recieved, and I really liked this theme, but was disappointed at the shallow exploration it recieved.
Maybe it was the third person narration but I felt like I was getting a briefing of something that happened to someone, and I realise this is what stories do, but in this case, I couldn't feel it and couldn't see it. It was maybe a case of excessive tell/show thingy.
Then again, I got mad at the

dub-con scene in the shower. 

So maybe I did feel it, a little bit