nhicheeze 's review for:

The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner

5.0

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I don't even know why young adult novels have to be dark and depressing. I have the same feeling reading this as I was reading "The female of the species", although TFOS was much sadder and darker. The end is beautiful. I intended to give this book a 4 when I was in the middle of the book (since it is dark), but the ending, the light in the end of the tunnel, the bright future for Dill, changed my mind. I hope that no teenagers had to experience what Dill had gone through. If they had to, then I hope they would have friends like Lydia and Travis beside them.

A good read. <3