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A review by kiwikathleen
Willow Moss and the Forgotten Tale by Dominique Valente
4.0
2nd review - September 2023
Well, I just finished reading this aloud to the grandchildren - 3 big kids (12, 14, 16) who love stories about magic just as much as I do!
I didn't say anything about this book when I "reviewed" it 3 years ago, so here's a little about what I particularly liked:
* Nolin Sometimes, the Forgotten Teller. We met him in #1, but it's in rescue of him that we go here and there and into the land of the undead in this book. I love the concept - Forgotten Tellers see the things we want to forget, and tend to blurt them out. Dangerous. Hard to make friends.
* the grumpy oak tree that had to deliver Nolin's leaf-mail to Willow
* Library - which is a town not just full of books, but made of books
* the old wizard with his Midas-touch (well, similar) and his fabulous boat
* the half-dead Sprig, a raven boy
And so on . . .
Review from October 2020:
I like the way this author's mind works - to begin with, in the first of this series ([b:Willow Moss & the Lost Day|45449844|Willow Moss & the Lost Day (Starfell, #1)|Dominique Valente|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1574331415l/45449844._SY75_.jpg|67228261]) we have the exploration of what would happen to everything that happened on a missing day. If last Tuesday is lost, for example, then nobody remembers that it ever existed . . . and so nobody remembers anything that happened on that day. Babies that were born - - - well, they're clearly here now, but you can't quite remember their birthdays. Grandmothers who died - - - there's a sense of confusion because they're not around, but they didn't die, you'd remember that . . ! Handshakes that sealed verbal contracts . . . Exams that you might or might not have done well in . . .
Well, Willow Moss obviously found the day (that's really not a spoiler) but nobody else actually knows that the day was ever missing, so nobody in the whole world (except for a very rare few) know that Willow saved them all. So they all treat her exactly the same as they ever did. And when she gets a message from her friend Nolin Sometimes and she really really needs to get in touch with Moreg (only the most powerful witch anywhere) they all think she's gone mad. Why, after all, would Moreg be interested in Willow?!
This is a delightful second-in-series with some great magic, quirky creatures and plenty of action. I'm a fan!
Well, I just finished reading this aloud to the grandchildren - 3 big kids (12, 14, 16) who love stories about magic just as much as I do!
I didn't say anything about this book when I "reviewed" it 3 years ago, so here's a little about what I particularly liked:
* Nolin Sometimes, the Forgotten Teller. We met him in #1, but it's in rescue of him that we go here and there and into the land of the undead in this book. I love the concept - Forgotten Tellers see the things we want to forget, and tend to blurt them out. Dangerous. Hard to make friends.
* the grumpy oak tree that had to deliver Nolin's leaf-mail to Willow
* Library - which is a town not just full of books, but made of books
* the old wizard with his Midas-touch (well, similar) and his fabulous boat
* the half-dead Sprig, a raven boy
And so on . . .
Review from October 2020:
I like the way this author's mind works - to begin with, in the first of this series ([b:Willow Moss & the Lost Day|45449844|Willow Moss & the Lost Day (Starfell, #1)|Dominique Valente|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1574331415l/45449844._SY75_.jpg|67228261]) we have the exploration of what would happen to everything that happened on a missing day. If last Tuesday is lost, for example, then nobody remembers that it ever existed . . . and so nobody remembers anything that happened on that day. Babies that were born - - - well, they're clearly here now, but you can't quite remember their birthdays. Grandmothers who died - - - there's a sense of confusion because they're not around, but they didn't die, you'd remember that . . ! Handshakes that sealed verbal contracts . . . Exams that you might or might not have done well in . . .
Well, Willow Moss obviously found the day (that's really not a spoiler) but nobody else actually knows that the day was ever missing, so nobody in the whole world (except for a very rare few) know that Willow saved them all. So they all treat her exactly the same as they ever did. And when she gets a message from her friend Nolin Sometimes and she really really needs to get in touch with Moreg (only the most powerful witch anywhere) they all think she's gone mad. Why, after all, would Moreg be interested in Willow?!
This is a delightful second-in-series with some great magic, quirky creatures and plenty of action. I'm a fan!