A review by alexamp4
Direwood by Catherine Yu

5.0

Honestly everything a YA gothic vampire novel should be. I love the caterpillars I love the attention to detail. Not afraid to be scary and gross. Doesn’t feel obnoxiously modern but still makes the general era clear. Using vampires to like enhance the themes of the story instead of just using them to be vampires. Like truly amazing!! Perfect amount of YA, Sarah Dessen level life lessons still available but trusts the reader enough to understand the message without spelling it out too much. Spelling it out the perfect amount for a YA novel.