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Laurie Forest
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The New York Times bestselling series!
Magical forces clash and Erthia hovers on the brink of ruin in the can't-miss finale of Laurie Forest’s epic fantasy series, The Black Witch Chronicles!
Who can survive the Shadow storm?
Black Witch of prophecy Elloren Gardner Grey has unleashed her powers and embraced her legacy as a Dryad and guardian of the Forest. But the losses—of life, of love—have been almost too great to withstand as the Shadow continues to devour the world. With only a tattered shred of hope remaining, the Bearers of the Wand of Myth must battle their way back to each other to mount a final stand.
But Elloren and her allies are not only facing Mage Vogel's advancing forces—the armies of the Eastern Realm will stop at nothing to see the Black Witch struck down.
With Elloren's bonded mate prophesied to kill her, Shadow demons rising, and the ties between allies unraveling, can this fracturing world unite to face down the coming storm?
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
Listen to all the books in the Black Witch Chronicles!
- The Black Witch
- The Iron Flower
- The Shadow Wand
- The Demon Tide
- The Dryad Storm
- Wandfasted (prequel ebook)*
- Light Mage (prequel ebook)*
*Also available in audio in The Rebel Mages anthology
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Tess Bellamy’s return home is anything but triumphant. She’s decided Hollywood isn’t for her, resigned to a normal life of caring for her ailing mother. Linna Severand would be a powerful sorceress…if she could escape her family’s mansion, and usurp their control of her magic. Gabriel Majeaux once tried to save the world from evil. Now he’s the last of his kind, moving from place to place to avoid detection. After a series of horrifying events, their lives collide…and if they aren’t prepared, it’s unlikely they’ll survive.
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The Starlight Heir
- A Novel
- By: Amalie Howard
- Narrated by: Anais Inara Chase, Ramiz Monsef
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
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When the gold-dusted court invitation arrives at Suraya Saab’s forge, she believes it’s a joke. Nobles might seek her skills as a bladesmith—one of few who can imbue her work with precious jadu, the last source of magic in the realm—but she has no qualifications as a potential bride for the crown prince. Still, the invitation is the chance at adventure, and the means to finally visit the capital city her late mother loved. But what awaits her in Kaldari is nothing she could have imagined—and fraught with danger.
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The setting is incredible.
- By Jenny Robalino on 03-28-25
By: Amalie Howard
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Zombies vs. Unicorns
- By: Holly Black, Justine Larbalestier
- Narrated by: Ellen Grafton, Nick Podehl, Kate Rudd, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
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It's a question as old as time itself: which is better, the zombie or the unicorn? In this anthology, edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier (unicorn and zombie, respectively), strong arguments are made for both sides in the form of short stories. Half of the stories portray the strengths - for good and evil - of unicorns and half show the good (and really, really bad-ass) side of zombies.
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Fun Anthology Featuring Zombies and Unicorns
- By Squeak on 10-25-11
By: Holly Black, and others
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Truthwitch
- A Witchlands Novel
- By: Susan Dennard
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins
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On a continent ruled by three empires, some are born with a "witchery", a magical skill that sets them apart from others. In the Witchlands, there are almost as many types of magic as there are ways to get in trouble - as two desperate young women know all too well. Safiya is a Truthwitch, able to discern truth from lie. It's a powerful magic that many would kill to have on their side, especially among the nobility to which Safi was born. So Safi must keep her gift hidden, lest she be used as a pawn in the struggle between empires.
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Amazing story, not my favorite voice acting
- By KaitieKawaii on 01-10-16
By: Susan Dennard
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Immortal
- A Novel of the Celestial Kingdom
- By: Sue Lynn Tan
- Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
- Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
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As the heir to Tianxia, Liyen knows she must ascend the throne and renew her kingdom’s pledge to serve the immortals who once protected them from a vicious enemy. But when she is poisoned, Liyen’s grandfather steals an enchanted lotus to save her life. Enraged at his betrayal, the immortal queen commands the powerful God of War to attack Tianxia.
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Beautiful Story with Slow Start
- By Kristin B on 02-18-25
By: Sue Lynn Tan
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The Cruel Prince
- The Folk of the Air, Book 1
- By: Holly Black
- Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
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Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him - and face the consequences.
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Mixed feelings . . .
- By S. E. on 03-09-18
By: Holly Black
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The Amulet
- By: Michael McDowell
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
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When a rifle range accident leaves Dean Howell disfigured and in a vegetative state, his wife Sarah finds her dreary life in Pine Cone, Alabama made even worse. After long and tedious days on the assembly line, she returns home to care for her corpselike husband while enduring her loathsome and hateful mother-in-law, Jo. Jo blames the entire town for her son’s mishap, and when she gives a strange piece of jewelry to the man she believes most responsible, a series of gruesome deaths is set in motion.
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- By Patricia E Branton on 11-12-24
By: Michael McDowell
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A Broken Blade
- The Halfling Saga
- By: Melissa Blair
- Narrated by: Kyla Garcia
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
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Keera is a killer. As the King’s Blade, she is the most talented spy in the kingdom. And the king’s favored assassin. When a mysterious figure moves against the Crown, Keera is called upon to hunt down the so-called Shadow. She tracks her target into the magical lands of the Fae, but Faeland is not what it seems—and neither is the Shadow. Keera is shocked by what she learns and can’t help but wonder who her enemy truly is: the King that destroyed her people or the Shadow that threatens the peace.
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DNF, Poor voice over choice, slow story
- By Melinda on 09-27-22
By: Melissa Blair
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The Capital of Dreams
- A Novel
- By: Heather O'Neill
- Narrated by: Paige McKinney
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
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Sofia Bottom lives in Elysia, a small country forgotten by Europe. But inside its borders, the old myths of trees that come alive and faeries who live among their roots have given way to an explosion of the arts and the consolations of philosophy. From the clarinetists to the cabaret singers, no artist is as revered as Sofia’s brilliant mother, the writer Clara Bottom. How can fourteen-year-old Sofia, with her tin ear and enduring love of ancient myths, ever hope to win her mother’s love?
By: Heather O'Neill
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Breath of the Dragon
- Breathmarked, Book 1
- By: Shannon Lee, Fonda Lee
- Narrated by: Eric Yang
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
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Sixteen-year-old Jun dreams of proving his worth as a warrior in the elite Guardian’s Tournament, held every six years to entrust the magical Scroll of Heaven to a new protector. Eager to prove his skills, Jun hopes that a win will restore his father’s pride—righting a horrible mistake that caused their banishment from his home, mother, and twin brother. But Jun’s father strictly forbids him from participating. He believes there is no future in Jun honing his skills as a warrior, especially considering Jun is not breathmarked.
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Fonda Does It Again!
- By Amazon Customer on 02-01-25
By: Shannon Lee, and others
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Five Broken Blades
- Five Broken Blades, Book 1
- By: Mai Corland
- Narrated by: Greg Chun, Zion Jang, Roger Yeh, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
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The five most dangerous liars in the land have been mysteriously summoned to work together for a single objective: to kill the god king Joon. He has it coming. Under his merciless immortal hand, the nobles flourish, while the poor and innocent are imprisoned, ruined … or sold. And now each of the five blades will come for him. Each has tasted bitterness—from the hired hit man seeking atonement, a lovely assassin who seeks freedom, or even the prince banished for his cruel crimes.
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Too many narrators
- By Kimberly on 01-28-25
By: Mai Corland
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Lightfall: Book One of The Everlands
- The Everlands Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Ed Crocker
- Narrated by: Shakira Shute
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
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For centuries, vampires freely roamed the land until the Grays came out of nowhere, wiping out half the population in a night. The survivors fled to the last vampire city of First Light, where the rules are simple. If you’re poor, you drink weak blood. If you’re nobility, you get the good stuff. And you can never, ever leave. Palace maid Sam has had enough of these rules, and she’s definitely had enough of cleaning the bedpans of the lords who enforce them. When the son of the city’s ruler is murdered, she seizes the chance to blackmail her way into a better class and better blood.
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Wow
- By SinnaPomme on 01-21-25
By: Ed Crocker
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Visions of Darkness
- Darkness, Book 1
- By: A.L. Jackson
- Narrated by: Victoria Mei, Teddy Hamilton
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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Aria Rialta is a girl of two realities. One she was born to. The other she was chosen for. Both are a threat. Every night when Aria falls asleep, she enters the nightmare world of Faydor to fight a war. It’s her calling to help destroy the Kruen, who feed sin and chaos to our everyday world of vulnerable humans. It would be a lonely realm in which to do battle if not for Pax, Aria’s dangerously irresistible soulmate whose mere touch can kill. It’s also a realm that’s getting harder to escape.
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Different, fun, sexy, Obsessed.
- By WanderlustsLashes on 03-27-25
By: A.L. Jackson
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Bad Boys Break Hearts
- The Boys
- By: Micalea Smeltzer
- Narrated by: Erin Mallon, Jacob Morgan
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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Mascen Wade, star pitcher of the Aldridge University baseball team, is a lot of things. Rich. Hotter than sin. The campus’ reigning bad boy. We knew each other once upon a time, but even if I’m named after a princess, it doesn’t mean my life is a fairy tale. My plan is to keep my head down, get my degree, and leave this town. But the moment Mascen Wade recognizes me, all my carefully laid plans come crumbling down. He’s decided he wants to make my life a living hell, but I’m not so easy to push around.
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No Desire to Finish This
- By AliCat814 on 02-18-22
By: Micalea Smeltzer
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- Kathy Kuwano
- 02-05-25
Not great, not terrible
Pros:
I was really glad things ended the way they did. The conclusion made sense and in the middle/end of the book, there was a good twist. Fine for the last book in a five book series.
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I felt like the book could have been SIGNIFICANTLY shortened. First off, I read this book a few years after the release of the previous book so I don’t remember any characters aside from the main love triangle. The book starts out with a super long prolog about characters I don’t remember (and at that point I just want to hear what happens to our main girl). In the middle/towards the end the author does a really good job wrapping up the love stories of all the characters (quite the feat) but I really didn’t like it. It felt like the same love story over and over again. Within the last 30 minutes I thought I had escaped discussion about the purple moon BUT NO (if I had a donut for every time that moon was brought up I’d be full and would likely have diabetes). Instead of focusing on all the other characters m, I would have preferred a fully flushed out conflict between Elloren and Yvan. I still haven’t fully recovered from elloren thinking Yvan was dead and then, Willy nilly, getting together with Lucas. How can Yvan forgive her so easily? The author only spent roughly 5-10 minutes explaining and fully flushing out this love triangle. I’m so dissatisfied. 3 hours left in the book and I didn’t care to finish. I did finish it and completely didn’t think it was necessary. Aside from our main/sub characters from the first book, I didn’t connect with many of the other characters and thought it was a total waste of time.
I also really disliked another aspect of the overall plot line. SPOILER WARNING: why does everyone have to become a Druid in order to fight together and protect the natural world? I understand that it can be a metaphor for “joining” together with everyone, but, as a POC, I didn’t appreciate this take. Throughout this series, we see parallels between racism, sexism, and hate between Earthia (?) and the real world. Yet we need to change our DNA in order to “join” with everyone and fight evil? I wish to e author spent more time trying to reconcile and develop a more believable solution…. Instead of focusing on everyone’s (very repetitive) love life.
Just a personal preference, SPOILER WARNING, but I also didn’t like the action. I oftentimes felt like the “good” side was being obliterated, despite the build up that elloren is the all powerful, black witch. I would have appreciated better fighting scenes. I know the theme of the book was for love to override evil, but it just didn’t feel consistent with the first book and left me feeling alittle lackluster. I saw a wuxia drama that conveyed this theme while also remaining consistent with the violence within the series. It was very satisfying and made me bawl my eyes out.
Overall, I’m really disappointed with this last book, yet happy with how everything ended. Please feel free to read if you’d like to know what happens, but don’t raise your expectations (you can easily read the sparks notes and get the same info). Also feel free to speed through a lot of the love scenes… or just skip them.
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- Mia
- 03-13-25
Loved this series!
This entire series has been so good! I really love time and effort put into the development of the story and characters. I love that it WAS a long story! So many surprises, ups and downs. What a ride!
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- JD
- 01-20-25
Perfection!
Wow, it was worth the wait. I disagree with the reviews saying it was too long. I believe many prefer immediate gratification, as opposed to a thoroughly flushed out poetic story such as this. With that said, Laurie has truly brought the Black Witch series to life. She is truly a talent!
Julie Whelan is an Oscar worthy talent. She never disappoints in bringing the story alive.
Thank you Laurie for the glorious ride!
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- Tammy Moldovan
- 01-10-25
Great ending to this epic series
Wow. Just wow. The conclusion of this epic YA fantasy series was fantastic - all the storylines pulled beautifully to their individual conclusions wrapped up in love and hope. It was definitely another stay up too late, cannot put it down, it should get more than 5 stars kind of book. I was equally desperate to read it all at once and also to savor it and make it last. The storyline was imaginative, the characters were real and relatable, and the writing was captivating. It had a perfect balance of all the best plot elements and the world building continues to be phenomenal, woven together scene by scene, and layer by layer. With the addition of this book, Erthia now exists as a living breathing place full of three dimensional beings, so real it feels like I have been there and lived with these characters. This is book 5 in the Black Witch Chronicles and the overall story arc spans the entire series and this book picks up where the last book left us. Elloren has bonded with the great tree, III, to become a Dryad Witch Guardian. Lukas is dead and she has renewed her Wyvern bond to Yvan. There are multiple sets of forces out to destroy her after she was forced to participate on the attack on Voloi and her allies are scattered. To beat the evil mage Vogel, who wields the Shadow Wand, and save Erthia, Elloren and her strong allies along with all the people of Erthia with their prejudices and multitude of conflicting cultures and religions will need to find a way to unite. Be prepared, this story packs quite an emotional punch - terrifying, thought provoking,and uplifting all at the same time. It is ultimately a story of good versus evil but Forest does such a fantastic job of creating multi-layered worlds, characters and storylines that that’s an extreme oversimplification of what this story is. So strap in and enjoy all the intrigue, fighting, dangerous situations, end of the world scenarios, paranormal creatures, evil masterminds, henchmen, loyal friends and family, tragic back stories, secrets, mystical coincidences, snark, laughs, soulmates, redemption, hope, love, and so, so many plots twists.
Julia Whelan did a phenomenal job narrating the story and characters into life with enough change of inflection, tone and cadence to voice a multitude of characters quite convincingly.
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- Margaret Longenecker
- 01-29-25
Ridiculously long!
I love this series and had to finish it because I started it. I needed to see how it ended. This book could’ve been cut in half however, and delivered the same message. I am surprised that a publisher wouldn’t have forced an edit but for all I know, maybe it was even longer, which would be hard to believe way too many characterssome superfluous and a great deal of time was spent on making sure everybody had a partner for life, which really was not the point of the story. If you have read the rest of the series, like me, we will probably want to finish it, but just be prepared. This is one of those rare occasions when an abridged version would have been welcome.
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- @TManning
- 01-21-25
A Harrowing But Very Satisfying Conclusion To My Forever Favorite Series!!
~~~”But there is something unshakable here. In our bonding. In spite of every last thing the world has thrown at us all. The story is not yet over, III promised, and the idea lights in my heart that maybe this moment is an important part of that story—to love, against all the odds.
Maybe that’s the important part of everyone’s story right now.” ~~~
Well, my friends, the conclusion that I have waited years for has come to pass and I can honestly say that it was worth the wait.
This incredibly imaginative series with its amazing characters, unbelievably detailed world-building, and all-inclusive life & love-affirming messages is my favorite series ever and I will never not recommend it to all who will listen!
Seriously, this series should be taught in every high school in every nation. The world would be so much better off learning the lessons this series teaches. I, as a homeschooling parent, made sure my daughter read this series and, in so doing, feel I have raised an accepting and loving child. A child not influenced by preconceived ideas but who can judge independently and come to her own conclusions.
The Dryad Storm is told in eight parts with a multitude of different POV’s. This masterpiece sees Elloren and her allies (some hesitant and some downright hostile) through The Battle for Erthia and its aftermath. That’s the simplest, least spoilery way I can describe it.
Along the way, you will feel every emotion known to man including despair, disgust, fear, horror, frustration, elation, and f**k yeah!!
There’s All The Feels along with a great amount of romance between many different types of couples and, dare I say, a quadrouple?! LOL! No, it’s not reverse harem..all is nicely resolved but I would classify this book NA. It’s certainly more risqué than the beginning books’ YA designation. But I feel like it follows the natural progression of the relationships built in the series and all is tastefully written.
All comes full circle, especially Elloren’s character growth from naive girl to full warrior woman, and all loose ends tied up giving the reader that big sigh of relief and feeling of satisfied completion.
But your also left with Laurie’s overriding messages to love all peoples of all faiths, colors, and beliefs. To harness your ability to be empathetic and sympathetic to your fellow man and, most importantly of all, to our beleaguered and embattled earth.
For the audiobook listeners, Julia Whelan once again gives a phenomenal mind-blowing performance!! The three narrators of this series all give extraordinary narrations that bring this most compelling series to poignant life!
So, whether you’re a reader, listener, or both, do not miss this most important of epic fantasy series!!
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- JL
- 01-27-25
so much love
I guess I was expecting more fight then love. There is a time and place but there was so much love, it over looked the actual story of the world ending! EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER ever mentioned throughout the whole series, found their soul mate and had like a whole chapter detail about it. Some could have simply been done as a wrap up at the end of the book. I should have known this is where it was headed after the last book filled with so much lovey dovey stuff. It was missing the controversial topics that was in the first book, the action when elorin was training in shadow wand, and way more detail of the 13 years later at the end of this book. it did wrap up very good but I feel disappointed for the long wait and long book. I struggled to make it though. if you love the love stories, you'll 'love' this book.
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- MHt5308
- 02-05-25
More Harlequin Romance than what I care for
I thoroughly enjoyed the previous books. However, this one has more of a Harlequin romance tone than fantasy novel. The story is good, but the constant “flowery descriptive language” and “merging” became tiresome. Didn’t enjoy this one as much as the previous novels.
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- M. Fritz
- 03-05-25
So Very Sad
4 stars because I can't bring myself to ever give this series 3.
Oh my goodness... I've championed this series for years now and have recommended it endlessly. I was absolutely heartbroken when Lukas died, and I so wanted the forest to bring him back. With all the other magical happenings, this wouldn't have been that much of a stretch. And since the idea of gardens was introduced, a three paired relationship could have been beautiful! I'm so very sad that this never came to be.
We spent a lot of time in this book with couples hooking up. It was extremely off-putting. So much so that Elloren's POV wasn't really there. It could have been so moving, so powerful, and so epic. Then, toward the end, we skip a massive amount of time, and we don't get to witness her pregency or birth and all those tender moments that were so freely given out in the first books. Those moments and experiences that hooked us as readers were missing, and I'm mourning them, heavily.
This was so bogged down in repetitive themes of religion and bigotry. And yes, that world was terrible, and yes, it needed a resolution where they all came together. But I was left feeling just meh.
And we waited so long for this as it was picked up by a publisher, and the release date was pushed out. I'm just sad. Now, I have to wonder what the publisher did to this gorgeous series. Because it wasn't the words of Ms. Forest that I've come to crave.
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- Larissa P.
- 03-25-25
Loved this!
I loved the story line and the characters. It was set up nicely to be dystopian yet still relatable.
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