Book Review: Ravenwood by Andrew Fusek Peters
Summary 14 year old Ark Malikum lives a simple life at the lowest rungs of his tree-dwelling society, until one day during a routine plumbing job, he overhears a plot to overthrow the king. His life is then turned upside down, as he escapes danger after danger in his attempt to warn stop the forces of evil from taking over his beloved forest home. His journey takes him through parts of Arboreum he never thought he’d see, and even beyond to the dark corners of the Ravenwood; along the way he acquires a menagerie of friends (and enemies), all of whom must come together in final bloody battle for the fate of Arboreum and all the people who call it home. General thoughts Like just about every other book I’ve read so far, I wasn’t really into this one at first, but by the end I was pleasantly surprised to find that I was invested enough to read the sequel. Something I absolutely loved about this book was the worldbuilding. There were definitely points that were pretty cheesy (see: dendran s...