It's a sad day when you have to leave a bad review.
I just didn't like this book, I hated the names of the characters, which I know is petty. I also did not like the writing style.
I didn't care for any of the characters, and found the book really boring.

Maybe I'll read this book again in the future and change my mind.

Thank you NetGalley. This story kept me reading. I’m hoping there will be a continuation of it. I want to know what happens next.

Such a great book! I enjoyed reading this one so much! I highly recommend this book. Side note: the cover!!!!

1.75

This book was beautifully written, and the story was beautiful too, but it's so slow it became boring pretty fast.

Thank you so much to Netgalley and the publisher for the e-arc.

An interesting take on a very serious topic, the book tackles the issues of ostracism quiet well and the characters go on a journey, literately through a forest which surrounds the town. The book is focused on this journey through the woods of a blind girl from the village risking it all to help get the strange, lost boy that shows up in the village home. Here an old fairy tale retelling occurs with a with a bit of fantasy and mystery build in through interactions with scary/haunted trees, wolves and foretold prophecy. .

~ ARC received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review ~

Well that was... interesting. Or weird. I feel that there is some simbolism in here but I can't put my finger on it.
The ending left me unsatisffied, I would have liked a better explanation.

2 stars

A brilliant fantasy story. Shallah was blinded at a young age and left to fend for herself within her village of sun-fearing busy-bodies. But when a dark-skinned child enters into the village they want him thrown out for being a bad omen and only Shallah is willing to brave the forest to save him.
Excellent characters and a wonderful sense of imagery. Highly recommended

This book was okay, but I didn’t have strong feelings about it either way. I wasn’t bored, but more apathetic.

The storyline was interesting and I liked the kind of fantasy setting. The characters was described well and I really liked the storys writing style. The ending surprised me and it was an interesting book.

I received a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This story reminded me a bit of The Village. It has a town hidden deep in the woods, cut off from everything else. The villagers fear the light, all except for Shallah who had been blinded several years ago when she climbed too high in a tree. Then just as things are failing, a mysterious boy with strange eyes shows up in the village and the main part of the story begins.

This book is mostly about the journey through the forest to get Liam home. There are some cool fairytale like parts, including scary trees, wolves and a prophecy. I do think there could have been more and the ending was a bit anticlimatic. I think but there were some good bits and it ended happily if a bit not what I expected since it through the magic parts away. I believe there should have been more to the prophecy.

It was a pretty easy read and was not bad.

Home got my attention with the quiet interesting plot as it’s a rare choice for a teen book. The story was old fashioned with some fantasy elements. Shallah, the blind girl, decides that she will be the one to help the lost boy find his way back home. The author picked a really heavy topic for a teen book with lots of feelings and sadness behind Shallah’s and Liam’s story. In my opinion it was a good read.

Unfortunately I didn’t enjoy this at all, I wasn’t keen on the story or the characters there and I struggled to remain interested in this.

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

I am so so sorry but I DNF’d this book at 14%

This just wasn’t for me.

*ARC provided for an honest review- many thanks for allowing me into your world*

Please note that these are only my personal opinions and are not a reflection on the author or anyone who loves this book.