Girl Who Drank the Moon

from Octjillery

“And the more they asked, the more they wondered. And the more they wondered, the more they hoped. And the more they hoped, the more the clouds of sorrow lifted, drifted, and burned away in the heat of a brightening sky.” Reading YA as an adult can, admittedly, sometimes be hit or miss. I do it i...

from willowsmom

This is a review of the audiobook version, which I received through the Early Reviewers program. I very much enjoyed this story--the characters were interesting, the tension between the town and the bog/the mothers and the town/the witch and her lost memories, the mystery surrounding the sisterho...

from foggidawn

There is a witch in the woods. Every citizen in the Protectorate knows it, just as they know the horrific price they pay for their safety. Once a year, the youngest child in the Protectorate is left in the woods, a sacrifice to the witch. This is the story of one such child. I'm always excited on...

from electrascaife

Gorgeous. Magic and dragons and witches and wizards and bog monsters who love the world and good and evil and happiness and sorrow. And, most importantly, and most wonderfully, powerful women in all shapes and sizes. I LOVE it. LOVE. IT.

from ToriC90

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill was magical and made me cry in the most touchingly beautiful way. Why was this book so gooooooood?!? As a note, it is a young reader/children's/YA(?) but even if you don't read young reader stuff - it's SO good. This book reminded me of every childh...