Dreamwood

This book was definitely just ok for me. I don't know if it's the writing style, or just the sheer predictability of the story, but I just never got invested. I never felt any real sense of danger or mystery or awe or anything, and more often than not I neded up frustrated with Lucy who, while prese......more

I just finished this book this morning, two days after buying it, and I absolutely love it! I love the characters and especially all that was put into the world; the First People, the dreamwood, the little cottage with the toy maker. I also loved the feelings and the writing and everything- so much......more

This book was phenomenal! I picked it for the cover, and wow, the story inside was amazing. Lucy runs away from the boarding school her father left her in, and takes a train up the coast to find him. When she arrives at the tiny town he was staying at, however, she is told he disappeared weeks back.......more

I loved every second of this book until it got to the resolution of the climax. Personally, it just fell a little flat, but I cared so much for the characters at that point that I merely shrugged a bit and continued onwards. I'm not a huge reader of such fantastical stories, but this one made me fal......more