book review

I recently read the imaginative novel Fairytales for Wilde Girls by Allyse Near. So here how it goes...the protagonist, Isola sees things that hardly anyone can see. Isola is a child of the Nimue, meaning she has been allowed to see these creatures and things ever since she was very young. Isola’s mother is either stuck in a bathtub or curled up in bed and there is no in between. As Isola is walking through her favourite woods she discovers a body, but this is no ordinary body, this body has been stuffed in a cage! The body seems to be a girl and has had one of her eyeballs ripped out! After seeing this, Isola decides to leave the body and although it seems a great idea at that time, she’s actually in for a huge surprise! So what will Isola do to stop or prevent the caged girl from haunting her? Will Isola be protected?

Anyway enough about the plot, how is the book overall? The novel is incredibly original and I couldn’t help but feel as if a mushroom-infested forest, ouija board, crystal, candle and dark bubblegum aesthetic are real. The plot is favourable, however, I just don’t think that the end of the novel is satisfying enough because I am piled on with so much information to process that I am left shell-shocked rather than convinced and satisfied.