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Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters

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yana_readsbooks's review

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emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

chass85's review

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

kai1313's review

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

3.5 stars. Pacing felt weird and drawn out. Sometimes foreshadowing felt like a reveal, but wasn’t treated as a reveal within the book, so when it came time for the actual reveal I was just left thinking “didn’t we know this already?”

thebookishunicorn's review

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4.0

"Grief is what binds the living and the dead. He couldn't have taught me to play this fiddle even if he'd wanted to. Only his death could teach me.”

cloudling's review

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dark mysterious

4.0

kelpish's review

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A heartfelt and atmospheric queer southern gothic YA book that I would have foamed at the mouth for when I was younger. Pacing left me wanting, but books like this make me happy for the current state of YA. Now excuse me as I go dust off some bluegrass and dark folk playlists I haven’t listened to in a while…