There is a realization there that not everything can be perfect and she has to move past what can’t be changed about the past to face what she can change about the future.įinal Verdict: This was a great second installment of the Willa of the Wood series. There are also times that Willa has to face the consequences of decisions she has made and atone for them the best she can. There is an exciting reveal that eases some of the grief that Willa had in the first book. She gets help along the way from her animal friends and her family. She is also the last hope for the forest in stopping the destruction and the evil that lurks. Willa is left needing to find proof of her adoptive father’s innocence when loggers are found dead. It all feels overwhelming, especially when evil stirs in the forest and can kill with a touch. Willa is deeply troubled by the death and destruction of the trees and animals in the logger’s path. In this second installment, we get exactly that! The unresolved issues of the logging enterprise have become the main focus of this book. What I Loved: In the first book, I left wanting to see Willa interact more in nature. Is unleashing these dangerous spirits the key to stopping the loggers? Willa must find a way to save the people and animals she loves and take a stand against a consuming darkness that threatens to destroy her world.įilled with a compelling mixture of history, mystery, and magic, Robert Beatty's books are loved by readers from 8 to 108. When Willa discovers a mysterious dark hollow filled with strange and beautiful creatures, she comes to realize that it contains a terrifying force that seems to be hunting humans.

How can she fight the destroyers of the forest and their powerful machines? But as crews of newly arrived humans start cutting down great swaths of the forest she loves, she is helpless to stop them. Willa and her clan are the last of the Faeran, an ancient race of forest people who have lived in the Great Smoky Mountains for as long as the trees have grown there.

This enchanting companion to Robert Beatty's instant #1 New York Times bestseller Willa of the Wood is perfect for any reader who cares deeply about the natural world.

Willa and the wood