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A review by tikiscream666
The Memory Trees by Kali Wallace
4.0
Kali Wallace is definitely a force to be reckoned with. She had me hooked with her writing style in her debt novel Shallow Graves and now I'm going to be keeping my eyes peeled for her work.
The Memory Trees is a story about family, memories (obviously), and more importantly healing. It hit a lot of emotional feels that were very close to home with my own past. It lays out familial relationships in a rare way that I feel most teens can relate to in some way. The story tackles mental illness head on in a way that I've been waiting for a YA author to do.
The tale follows Sorrow as she searches for an answer to the void in her memory. You see, her sister died mysteriously in fire, and she can't seem to remember the time following. She's just left with the hole that is her sister Patience. Did I mention she was born and raised on the family orchard? It's an orchard that's been in her family for 12 generations, and none of the matriarchs have let her forget it. But does the land bound to Sorrow by the blood and sweat and tears of her ancestors have more than meets eye? Find out in the memory trees.
The Memory Trees is a story about family, memories (obviously), and more importantly healing. It hit a lot of emotional feels that were very close to home with my own past. It lays out familial relationships in a rare way that I feel most teens can relate to in some way. The story tackles mental illness head on in a way that I've been waiting for a YA author to do.
The tale follows Sorrow as she searches for an answer to the void in her memory. You see, her sister died mysteriously in fire, and she can't seem to remember the time following. She's just left with the hole that is her sister Patience. Did I mention she was born and raised on the family orchard? It's an orchard that's been in her family for 12 generations, and none of the matriarchs have let her forget it. But does the land bound to Sorrow by the blood and sweat and tears of her ancestors have more than meets eye? Find out in the memory trees.