The Poison Season

The Poison Season
Mara Rutherford


CAWPILE SCORE
C-7
A-8
W-7
P-7
I-7
L-6
E-6
TOTAL-6.86/10

CAWPILECharactersLeelo—doesn't like to hurt things. Strong magic. Thought that might be something else. Wasn't. caring, but not weak.Sage—To strong, brittle. Follows her mom's footsteps Fiona—Mom, sick, willing to fight for daughters happinessKetty—Mean aunt. Did some bad things in past, pushes pain on othersJaren—immune to singing, no direction, cares for his family. bookishWandering Forest—There were a couple scenes that were really “scary” Loved those.Very well done emotions of all the characters. The relationship between Ketty and Fiona, her abuse and the way she was abused, felt realisticAtmosphereDescriptions of the forest and lake were great. Other parts less so.WritingGood writing, fit the style of the story and wasn't over the top.PlotStarts as the story of Leelo and her brother—then goes to Leelo and Jaren. InvestmentTook me a bit to really get invested into the story.I really wanted to see her induction and then rebel, but she rebelled before LogicCan't get the island size in my head. Was confused about the poison until that was explained.EnjoymentI enjoyed the 2nd half of this book, once Leelo and Jaren were together on the island.MiscI had some other thoughts as to what was going to happen in this book and while most didn't happen, I thought it was still good. I was expecting Jaren to have to survive in the forest alone vs against the Hunt. More creepiness of the forest would've been appreciated.Wasn't really excited that Jaren was an Endlan
I will be talking about it on Libromancy https://libromancy.podbean.com/ on 12/18/2022