A review by jnishi
The Waking Forest by Alyssa Wees

3.0

I would give this more of a 3.5 stars. It was good, beautifully written and an engaging plot. I get what people have been saying on here about the plot being hard to follow but I didn’t find it so. There is no differentiation between dream and reality and that is on purpose and makes sense in the end. The touch of romance wasn’t overwhelming and I liked how it touches on anxiety and PTSD which doesn’t happen a lot in fantasy novels which, usually, have a lot of battles and death in them. My only complaint is that the world building was on the weaker side and there were some really long sentences, like, REALLY long, and it made it harder to read at times. Overall good but not overwhelmingly good.