“Wildwood” by Colin Meloy

Well, I finally finished reading this one. The book was so thick that my hubby asked me if I was reading “War and Peace”. I wasn’t daunted by how big the book was though. I ended up enjoying this book actually……and I found out that this book was the first in a trilogy so there is more to come later on.

I know this is suppose to be a book for children but the story was good right up to the very end. It had some Chronicles of Narnia vibes to it……..it wasn’t a complete rip off of the series, don’t get me wrong. It had it’s own story, which was very interesting. It just reminded me of the days when I was reading the Chronicles of Narnia series some years back. This would probably be a good one to read with your kids or read to your kids if that is something you do with your children at home.

Synopsis: Prue McKeel’s life is ordinary. That is, until her brother is abducted by a murder of crows and taken to the Impassible Wilderness, a dense, tangled forest on the edge of Portland. No one’s ever gone in — or at least returned to tell of it.

So begins an adventure that will take Prue and her friend Curtis deep into the Impassable Wilderness. There they uncover a secret world in the midst of violent upheavel — a world full of warring creatures, peaceable mystics, and powerful figures with the darkest intentions. And what begins as a rescue mission becomes something much greater as the two friends find themselves entwined in a struggle for the very freedom of this wilderness. A wilderness the locals call Wildwood.

“A richly satisfying weave of reality and fantasy.” –New York Times Book Review

“Meloy’s debut is the kind of delicate, elaborate fantasy that is so well versed in classic Narnian troupes that is is destined to be enthusiastically embraced.” –ALA Booklist (starred review)

“Meloy has an immediately recognizable verbal style and creates a fully realized fantasy world. Ellis’s illustrations perfectly capture the original and contribute to the feel of an instant timeless classic.” –SLJ (starred review)

“Meloy’s storytelling skills, honed on his epic ballads for the Decemberists, translate well to prose. Ellis’s precise, detailed style evokes a foksy charm that is just right for the overgrown natural world of Wildwood and its inhabitants.” –The Atlantic