Review: Forest of the Forsaken: The Witch's Snare
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 1, 2013
As it states in the synopsis this IS an "eerie adaptation of Hansel and Gretel." Forest of the Forsaken opens with Meg's attendance of her father's wedding just weeks following the death of her mother with all of the emotions and heartache that leaves your jaw dropping in wonder, how could something like this be happening? and I had to know what was going to occur next.  The synopsis gives a good overview of the storyline and I cannot nor will I make an attempt to improve on this.  Meg's emotional and heartbreaking decision making over this life event was very well done.  The world building was vivid with wonderful supernatural creepiness.  However, overall the characters' behaviors as the story progresses were in my opinion a little less believable.  I think this stems from Meg's and Joey's sexcapades.  While I enjoy some good smexy in a story, in the context of the story it made me uncomfortable and the situation less believable for me.  This could be in part due to certain buzz words and behaviors prejudicing my personal perspective, but I just could not believe that in the midst of all the horrific occurrences and injuries the characters would be jumping each other's bones.  That being said I enjoyed the dark twisty and unique interpretation of the tale that this author made her own vision.  I loved hating the nasties, I enjoyed the conclusion, AND I am keeping mum on whether or not we have happily ever after or not.  I have read other works by this author and really enjoy her writing style and will be looking forward her next work ready to dive in again. I requested this book from the author and received it with a request for my honest review without any compensation whatsoever, other than the joy of reading a new book.