A review by cloudedreads
Eye of the Ouroboros by Megan Bontrager

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

I kept an eye (no pun intended) out for this book ever since I saw a post about it on twitter, and was lucky enough to get to read it early. At times it was hard to believe that this is in fact a debut novel as it was, all in all, a really solid read.

 

The story follows Theo(dora), a park ranger with a knack of finding lost people, rising to every challenge except the only one that really matters to her - finding her own sister. Flora disappeared into the woods when they were still both kids, and now Theo’s life revolves around trying to sold this years old case. With the disappearances reaching new scales and unexpected appearances littering the woods, the possibility of once again seeing her sister is more real than ever before - be everything has it’s price…

 

I am a simple girl, if you give me spooky stuff happening in a small town, I’m there. But this, mixed with parallel universes and bonds between sisters? Whoo boy, let’s go!

The story was fast paced and easy to read (just to me a while to actually sit down and read it, because of work, we all know how it is..), with vivid characters and immersive setting. I really appreciated how real Theo felt as a character, with her desperation, her anger, her problems and the way she was (not) solving them; it felt refreshing to read a lead that was not flat and perfectly shaped for their story.

 

I felt like the book had two somewhat separate parts, and then at least three epilogues, but besides a slight feeling of a disjointed story at one point, I have nothing bad to say about the book. GO READ IT.

 

I received an advance review copy from Netgalley, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.