A review by kylielovesbooks
The Waking Forest by Alyssa Wees

4.0

3.5 stars.
I really enjoyed parts of this book. The writing was wonderful and the characters were unique and described well.
This book is split into 2 parts and I feel like the parts don’t go together at all. It almost felt like 2 different books to me. This was the only part that I didn’t really like.
As I was getting toward the end of the book, I was planning on giving it a lower rating. But I thought of my overall enjoyment of the book and despite feeling like 2 separate books that had nothing to do with one another, I really did like it.
I never found myself bored or not wanting to read. I got through it rather quickly and enjoyed every minute of it.
I think my favorite character was Gabrielle, although I really liked Rhea and her parents too. The darkness was so scary at first. It had my heart racing every time it was mentioned. It was such a fun addition to the first part.
Once I got to the second part, I felt like everything went really quickly and was wrapped up too fast. It all came together to make sense, but I just wish there was a little more to the ending as well as meshing the 2 parts together.