"While your children and grandchildren are away, I like to think that they're visiting a fantastic place, somewhere where they aren't restrained by an illness or held back by their own emotions, a place where there is nothing but health and happiness to greet them."
Once upon a time, Oliver wakes up in a Forest full of magic and monsters, not quite dead, but not quite alive either. He wakes with three other people whose lives have been cut short, each more tragically than the last.
Together, they embark on a journey that will take them deep into the heart of the Forest, where they will have to face the ghosts of their pasts and their long-hidden secrets. Secrets that will force Oliver to choose between finding a new life in the trees and finding a way home.
Welcome to the Paper Forest.
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Book source ~ BBNYA
Tegan Anderson
21 June 2022
YA | LGBTQ+ | Dark Fantasy
363 Pages
My Rating ~ 2 bites and a nibble
Oliver, Gracie, August, and Ansel wake up in a Forest, but it’s not any kind of regular forest. This forest changes and it has monsters. Despite being children, they are all there for a reason and it’s nto a good one. They have to work together to find a way home. But what if going home isn’t an option?
I had a hard time with this story. It was confusing to me in many places. It jumped around and there was a scene that kept repeating, but I had no idea why. I didn’t understand the way the Forest worked or the magic or anything about the place.
However, it is very inventive. The concept is so creative that I hate I didn’t understand it more. But I blame that on me. And that ending? Wow. Other people in the tour have loved the book, so don’t be put off by my lackluster response. And while this is fantasy and has children in it, it is not lightness and rainbows. It’s dark and scary, so be prepared for goosebumps and nail biting.
On a cold Autumn evening back in 2008, seven-year-old Tegan Anderson began to write their first short stories, finding a more creative way to learn their spellings. Many years and many more short stories later, they haven't stopped for anything. Now, they're writing more than they ever believed possible. Tegan may write the worlds they would prefer to exist in but currently lives in Devon with their overflowing bookshelves and expanding imagination.
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