A review by stephalee4
Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

This book captured my attention from the start with the cover and premise, but as I started reading the story immediately sucked me in as well. The world building and magic were so well done and interesting, but throw in a magical Fae library and I'm going to read it. There were quite a few twists and turns as well, with quite a few surprises thrown in - especially at the end!

There were moments in the first half of the book when I thought the story dragged a bit, (there wasn't a lot of dialogue and lengthy descriptions of some of the books in the library) but overall that didn't detract from the story or my investment in Lore's purpose. For some reason I didn't realize this was NA vs YA so anyone expecting YA level cleanliness should keep that in mind, but thankfully the plot was so fleshed out it was the main focus and driving factor in the story.

I feel like this was an amazing debut and am definitely interested to see what happens in the next book! Fans of Isabel Ibanez and Adrienne Young should check this one out!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for my e-ARC! All opinions are my own.
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