Title: The Weirn Books, Vol. 1: Be Wary of the Silent Woods
Author: Svetlana Chmakova
Genre: Graphic Novel, Middle Grade, Fantasy
Publisher: Yen Press
Source: Publisher
Format: Paperback
Release Date: June 16, 2020
Rating: ★★★★★
Goodreads Synopsis:
In the Night Realm, vampires, shifters, weirns, and other night things passing for human prowl the streets… but they still have to go to school! Ailis and Na’ya are pretty average students (NOT losers), but when a shadow starts looming and a classmate gets all weird, they are the first to notice. It gets personal, though, when Na’ya’s little brother D’esh disappears-It’s time to confront the secrets of the forbidden mansion in the Silent Woods!
Review:
Ailis and her cousin Na’ya are weirns, witches born with a demon guardian spirit who is bound to them for life. While they’re walking to school through the woods, Ailis sees a mysterious figure. After seeing the figure again, Na’ya’s little brother disappears. Ailis, Na’ya and their friends must go into the forbidden house in the woods to save Na’ya’s brother and the rest of their magic world.
This was a great magical world. It was well developed right from the beginning. Though Ailis and Na’ya went to a magic school where all the other students also had magic, they were bullied by the popular girl. Their bully actually had secrets and insecurities of her own that they discovered in the house in the woods.
Be Wary of the Woods is a great spooky middle grade graphic novel!
Thank you Publicity Prose and Yen Press for sending me a copy of this book!
Other books in the series:
- The Weirn Books, Vol. 2: The Ghost and the Stolen Dragon
Have you read Be Wary of the Silent Woods? What did you think of it?
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