If, however, you don’t appreciate having your mind bended and warped in every direction possible, you may just want to pass up on this one because no matter how good you are at predicting mysteries, you will not see this plot twist coming. In the Woods is a must-read novel for any mystery/psychological thriller fans. Will I be picking up the sequel? Absolutely, although not without a few happier reads in-between. I did feel extremely depressed the moment I closed this book, but I am impressed with French’s ability to make me feel so strongly for something I first thought was a mere murder mystery. In the Woods doesn’t provide too much closure at the end either, but all this just contributes to its eerie mood. Ultimately though, In the Woods is a truly phenomenally-written novel by an author who not only knows how to write a chilling mystery, but also knows how to get into your mind and twist your very emotions along with those of her characters. It’s a mystery and as such, not much can be described without revealing the big plot twists. In this first of the 19th Year Trilogy, Winn might know more about Mac than even she does, and that knowledge could end their lives, unless Mac ensures the powers-that-be have no choice but to keep him around.In all honesty, there isn’t much more I can say about this book. That is, until Winn Thomas, the biggest geek in her senior class figures out there’s more to what hides in the dark than most are willing to acknowledge. Once darkness descends, Mac can change into any supernatural form that exists-which makes her as happy as she can be. Like going to school with humans, interacting with humans, and pretending to be human during the pesky daylight hours. In exactly eight months, five days, three hours and thirteen minutes, Mac has to choose what she’ll be for the rest of her life. What eighteen year old Mac Thorne doesn’t know will probably kill her.

Thanks, Emi for giving us a little more insight into the mind of a multi-age group author and into the YA part specifically, and for sharing some of your YA influences and thoughts with us.īefore we let Emi get away, let’s take a quick peek at her debut novel, After Dark: One of my ‘chores’ was to read, so I read whatever was around and sometimes, it was boring as sin (yet sin’s not boring in most cases, so not sure how that expression applies). Do you know I didn’t read a lot of fiction, or a lot of fiction that I liked, when I was a teen.

After Dark by Emi Gayle