A review by ncrabb
The Whispering Trees by J.A. White
I’m running way behind on my reviews. I should have written this one last week.
In this second book in the series, Kara Westfall struggles with her brother to find a way out of the evil forest into which they escaped in the first book. The world building here is fantastic. You follow Kara through a series of adventures and difficulties, all of which will keep you reading to the end and will ensure that you get the next book in the series.
Not only is the world building excellent, but the author thoughtfully takes on issues of value to his youthful audience. Kara and her brother deal with a witch who, in the prime of her life, deliberately took the lives of numerous children. Yet when Kara meets her, the old woman seems genuinely to want to help. Can Kara trust her? Are there characteristics that people exhibit that will allow you to legitimately trust them more readily?
Even if fantasy isn’t your thing, (and it pretty much isn’t mine), you can read this and appreciate the author’s ability both to tell a remarkable story and to create a world unlike any you’ve ever visited in a book.
In this second book in the series, Kara Westfall struggles with her brother to find a way out of the evil forest into which they escaped in the first book. The world building here is fantastic. You follow Kara through a series of adventures and difficulties, all of which will keep you reading to the end and will ensure that you get the next book in the series.
Not only is the world building excellent, but the author thoughtfully takes on issues of value to his youthful audience. Kara and her brother deal with a witch who, in the prime of her life, deliberately took the lives of numerous children. Yet when Kara meets her, the old woman seems genuinely to want to help. Can Kara trust her? Are there characteristics that people exhibit that will allow you to legitimately trust them more readily?
Even if fantasy isn’t your thing, (and it pretty much isn’t mine), you can read this and appreciate the author’s ability both to tell a remarkable story and to create a world unlike any you’ve ever visited in a book.