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The Wicker King by K. Ancrum
4.0

Where should i start?
First thing first TW: Abuse, Mental illness i think those are the two major ones. If you intend to read do your research.
This my first time reading a book written that way, i was scared that the story wouldn’t be told or that it’ll be incomprehensible and i was surprised.
I have not yet read a book that made me ache so much. There’s so much in this book that i understand, so much that i discovered. There so many relatable thing that i went through, that i see laid down in the pages. I keep changing my mind on who to support, who to warn. Sometimes forgetting that it’s a book. It was getting worst and there’s nothing i could do to prevent it. I felt powerless and it hurts so so bad. I keep telling them that they were kids, they shouldn’t be carrying all that, but it was just a book. Sometimes you go through stuff in your life not realising how bad it was, than you go read a book that makes you understand and it all comes back. Here i am 15 years later crying after reading it. I had to put the book down several time because it was too much and i couldn’t handle. But i would go back to it minutes later cause i had to know even if i already knew. I also didn’t see some things coming, who i thought was in love with who first not until Rina pointed it out, now looking back at it i should have known. There’s an ache, a pressure on my chest that hasn’t left me even when i finished the book, i just want to pick it up again.
The part i always like about fav stuff in book gonna be different for this one, this is a different book. I love the kids from this book and i don’t want to pick favorite but the twins do what they had to do and admire the way they tried to be there. The adults