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A review by justlily
Beware the Wild by Natalie C. Parker
5.0
I usually reserve my five stars for those books that change me somehow. A line that sticks with me forever because it described exactly the way I've felt. Characters I fall head over heels for and will carry with me always. Things like that.
That's not really the case here.
Instead, this book gets five stars because I've never read any of it before. I have never read a YA book like this before, with this plot, with these kinds of characters... It is entirely and completely unique. Something I almost never get to say when it comes to YA.
I loved the Southern setting here. The author struck the perfect balance of making it stand out without being cliche. It lent so much to the characters and their interactions and motivations. Also they all had really cool names, so there's that.
A lot of times for me, and this goes across the genres, romance is a huge turn off. I just really find it almost unpalatable pretty much all the time. So prepare for the shock of a lifetime when I said I loved it here. I believed it, I found it sweet and endearing and "age-appropriate" for the ages of the characters. It was just incredibly well done.
I can't give this less than five stars. Although it wasn't life changing, it pretty much had no faults.
That's not really the case here.
Instead, this book gets five stars because I've never read any of it before. I have never read a YA book like this before, with this plot, with these kinds of characters... It is entirely and completely unique. Something I almost never get to say when it comes to YA.
I loved the Southern setting here. The author struck the perfect balance of making it stand out without being cliche. It lent so much to the characters and their interactions and motivations. Also they all had really cool names, so there's that.
A lot of times for me, and this goes across the genres, romance is a huge turn off. I just really find it almost unpalatable pretty much all the time. So prepare for the shock of a lifetime when I said I loved it here. I believed it, I found it sweet and endearing and "age-appropriate" for the ages of the characters. It was just incredibly well done.
I can't give this less than five stars. Although it wasn't life changing, it pretty much had no faults.