The Forest of Vanishing Stars - Opinion and Review

NetGalley gave me the incredible honor of being able to read an Advanced Reader's Copy of The Forest of Vanishing Stars by one of my all-time favorites: Kristin Harmel! Upon learning that I was given this honor, I immediately started shaking, crying, and aching to go home form work and start reading, and that's exactly what I did!

Yona was taken from her family and brought to live in the forest with Jerusza, who taught her how to survive and thrive in times as grim as those they were currently living in. Yona would go on to save the lives of countless men, women, and children, but would also lose many lives along the way. World War 2 was an awful time, but that goes without saying. It was even harder for the Jewish people in Europe. Being Jewish, I identify very strongly with these types of books, and Historical Fiction has quickly become my favorite genre. Kristin Harmel goes into vivid detail, making this book hard to read at times, but that did not and would not slow me down. I cried multiple times while reading The Forest of Vanishing Stars, and I had expected nothing less. Kristin Harmel, yet again, wrote a story about a bad-ass woman, and I for one, find that fantastic!

This story is going to stay with me for a while, and I cannot wait for my pre-ordered hardcover to arrive in July so I can read it all over again! It goes without saying that I gave this book a very enthusiastic 5 out of 5 stars!

Dates read: March 15, 2021 - March 18, 2021