Eyes of the Forest (Henry Holt and Company, 2021) by April Henry is a bit different than the author’s usual YA mystery or thriller. This one has humor and purple prose (you’ll have to read it to find out) as well as danger.
The problem: Bob is missing. Only Brigid can help.
Bob aka R. M. Haldon is a fantasy writer of an epic series who has writer’s block and is not writing the book, Eyes of the Forest. Seventeen-year-old Brigid is his biggest fan and has maintained R. M. Haldon’s fantasy world database since she was twelve. Her classmate Derrick loves LARPing (live action role play) but is not sticking to only pretend events. Ajay is involved because he invited a girl to lunch.
It really is a fun read. The book was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award and was on the Tome Society “It List.”
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I have to confess that I don’t read YA. It’s as if the teens are the ages whose stories I skip… Maybe I should try.
There’s so much good YA out there. But I definitely read a lot of variety in age categories and genres.