by Kate A. Boorman
Today We DidStrictly ruled by a group of council members, the settlement has been isolated and lost from other people for several generations. It is surrounded by tall walls from which guards watch the surrounding forest through the night, waiting for signs of the malmaci, a dangerous beast that som...
My feelings on this book are somewhat mixed. On the one hand, the good things I enjoyed about it was the writing was pretty good, the story telling was fairly captivating and it made quite a good page turner. But a lot of things bothered me. For starters, the setting. Unless I missed it, the...
Not bad but lacked a sense of time and place. Interesting while reading but it left me wanting more.
So I have not read this type of book in a while. I think that last civilization I read was “The Forest Of Hands & Teeth” where there was a civilization out in the middle of the woods, aren’t allowed to leave, etc. So I was pretty interested in what this story has to offer. Plot: This is about a gro...
If you've read any other reviews of Winterkill, you probably already know what movie this book is being compared to. I'll admit, I had the same thought originally. A hidden settlement in the middle of the forest. An unknown terror that lurks right on the fringes, terrifying the inhabitants into subm...
ReviewWinterkill has a very The Village type of feel to it. This kept me turning the pages.Emmeline is a character that doesn't conform to the same rules in her village. She doesn't take everything at face value, and wants to know what's in the woods. I also liked the fact that she finds a few co...
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