"The Poison Season" has my favorite kind of vibes... A magical, eerie forest surrounding an insular village on an island in the middle of a poisonous lake. The people on the island are called Endlans and they live symbiotically with the forest. They lure people with song to the forest to be sacrificed, and the forest in return protects them.
The atmosphere is immaculate, both with the writing and progression of events. Outsiders are forbidden and even killed, and people born on the island who don't develop magical abilities are exiled. Our main character Leelo knows something is wrong about it, especially because her little brother Tate is soon to be forced out, and her relationships with her friends and family are so genuine. The romance was pretty good too. I love how both her and Jaren are separately developed as characters before bringing them together. I suppose the only thing is I wish there was more time spent with Leelo and Jaren getting to know each other before they start having feelings for each other, but otherwise I enjoyed pretty much everything! Really well-paced as well.
"The wolf is always at the doorstep... That is why we Watch."*
*quote from ARC
The atmosphere is immaculate, both with the writing and progression of events. Outsiders are forbidden and even killed, and people born on the island who don't develop magical abilities are exiled. Our main character Leelo knows something is wrong about it, especially because her little brother Tate is soon to be forced out, and her relationships with her friends and family are so genuine. The romance was pretty good too. I love how both her and Jaren are separately developed as characters before bringing them together. I suppose the only thing is I wish there was more time spent with Leelo and Jaren getting to know each other before they start having feelings for each other, but otherwise I enjoyed pretty much everything! Really well-paced as well.
"The wolf is always at the doorstep... That is why we Watch."*
*quote from ARC