A review by bladelikesbooks
The Forest of Time by Tristan Roulot

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

Set in the enchanted forest. All white characters. 5 children set out on an adventure to find a thief to take back a Crystal they need for their village to withstand the price of time. 

Different parts of the Forest are affected by time differently. In one village, time doesn’t pass and all village members are children except the village leader - “the worshipful one” - who is an adult. They have a crystal that protects them from time so they never age. 

One day, a thief breaks the crystal and steals one of the shards to prevent them from fixing the crystal. Time starts to move again so 5 kids from the village set out to get the shard back before time catches up with them and kills them. 

I quite liked this, it was interesting and fun. However, I don’t like the lack of diversity in the characters and not a lot happened for it to be a full book on its own. I’d say this is appropriate for children and up and I probably wouldn’t buy this for myself or recommend it.