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If I were going to include illustrations in my rating, this would be a four or five star book. The book itself was charming and evocative. Evocative of other, better authors in my opinion. Meloy was clearly inspired by the writings of Narnia, Wonderland, and Oz, and many of the more intriguing passages were almost lifted straight from those author's works. Wildwood was not without it's charms, but this story has been written before, many times, and much better. The heroine was flat and many of t
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There just wasn't a whole lot to this one. A likeable enough heroine, an epic battle for control of the woods and some interesting characters made for a quick read. But Narnia fans will be left wanting by fairly dimensionless animal and human characters.
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Jan 01, 2012
Hannah
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Nov 05, 2013
Marilia Francezi
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Feb 13, 2014
Hanna
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Dec 25, 2015
Rebecca
marked it as half-read-not-going-back

Mar 25, 2016
Kme_17
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Rachel Yuska
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Apr 15, 2017
Diana
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Jul 22, 2019
Lindsey
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Feb 24, 2020
Kelly
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Aug 24, 2025
Daisy Chain
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