A review by constancenorene
What the Woods Took by Courtney Gould

5.0

THANK YOU TO WEDNESDAY BOOKS AND NETGALLEY FOR AN E-ARC IN EXCHANGE FOR MY REVIEW!!

Honestly, this book took me 3 days to finish because I didn’t WANT it to end. I wanted to stay with the characters. I wanted them to heal in between the dangers, to see them open their broken hearts and bare their souls to each other. What The Woods Took is literally just that good.

Five teens are dumped into the Idaho Wilderness for the REVIVE Program, a new therapy program for troubled kids. They’re told that they’ll be out there for fifty days. That’s doable, right? Camping and hiking under the stars, unplugged from society and their demons alike. Until things take a turn for the worse. When their counselors disappear, Devin, Ollie, Hannah, Aidan, and Sheridan are left alone with their dwindling supplies and the monsters that lurk in the woods.

Forced to confront their demons literally and physically, they must work together to go home. This book was raw. It sent absolute shivers down my spine. What The Woods Took releases December 9th, so keep an eye out for it on the shelves!