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A review by diaryofthebookdragon
Forest of Whispers by Jennifer Murgia
3.0
Forest of Whispers intrigued me with beautiful cover and hedge witch main character.
Likes:
✸ Wonderful writing and description. So lyrical, unusual metaphors... Some descriptions are almost like poems.
✸ Hedge witches. I imagine them as quirky grannies, living in the cottages in the forest. I love it that Forest of Whispers features them as main characters.
✸ Real historical setting. OK, I was not sure about this until I read the note at the end. But I love it when books push real knowledge on me. I knew about witch trials in Salem and Spanish inquisition. (Who doesn't?) But I did not know the same thing happened in Germany.
✸ Mystery behind past and present events. What is happening, who is plotting, who is lying? Revelations created just more questions. I wa intrigued until the end.
Dislikes:
✸ I didn't know it's a series. This is a BIG personal pet peeve of mine.
✸ I could not connect to the story. Sometimes it happens, sometimes not. I honestly don't know why we didn't click.
✸ Uneven pace. Sometimes I was bored, sometimes I could not put it down.
✸ Romance was as bland as unsweetened rice pudding.
Forest of Whispers was a cute historical paranormal novel sprinkled with real historical events and lyrical descriptions. I enjoyed it even there were some flaws in the story.
Likes:
✸ Wonderful writing and description. So lyrical, unusual metaphors... Some descriptions are almost like poems.
✸ Hedge witches. I imagine them as quirky grannies, living in the cottages in the forest. I love it that Forest of Whispers features them as main characters.
✸ Real historical setting. OK, I was not sure about this until I read the note at the end. But I love it when books push real knowledge on me. I knew about witch trials in Salem and Spanish inquisition. (Who doesn't?) But I did not know the same thing happened in Germany.
✸ Mystery behind past and present events. What is happening, who is plotting, who is lying? Revelations created just more questions. I wa intrigued until the end.
Dislikes:
✸ I didn't know it's a series. This is a BIG personal pet peeve of mine.
✸ I could not connect to the story. Sometimes it happens, sometimes not. I honestly don't know why we didn't click.
✸ Uneven pace. Sometimes I was bored, sometimes I could not put it down.
✸ Romance was as bland as unsweetened rice pudding.
Forest of Whispers was a cute historical paranormal novel sprinkled with real historical events and lyrical descriptions. I enjoyed it even there were some flaws in the story.