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Paola Santiago and the Forest of Nightmares is a sequel to Paola Santiago and the River of Tears book 1.
Warning: this review may contain spoilers from the previous book. Please read my review of the first book here.
“Daunting, thrilling, and spellbinding.”
Reading age
8-12
Genre
Fantasy
Publisher
Rick Riordan Presents
Publication date
August 3, 2021
My brief summary of the book
Everything is changing around Paola Santiago; Her mom is dating Aaron, her best friend Dante is avoiding her. Emma, her other best friend, joined a club, and Senora Mata (Dante’s Grandma) keeps forgetting things. But the strangest thing was that Paola had dreams about her father, whom she hadn’t seen since she was 4. Then, Senora Mata falls into a mysterious coma. Paola must find her father, whom she thinks has the answers to curing Dante’s grandma.
My thoughts
The book was good but not as good as the first book (Paola Santiago and The River of Tears; see my review). The book went more profound on the characters’ stories and the tragedies they faced when they were young. But there weren’t many details of Mexican folktales like the first one.
My rating
Do you know the folktale of La Llorona? It’s pretty scary, beware!
About the author
Tehlor Kay Mejia is an Oregon native in love with the alpine meadows and evergreen forests. She is the author of Paola Santiago and the River of Tears and the YA fantasy novels We Set the Dark on Fire and We Unleash the Merciless Storm.
More by Mejia Tehlor
- Paola Santiago and the River of Tears (book 1); Please read my review here.
