Josephine Angelini

For readers of One of Us is Lying and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, a gripping thriller about Magda who's desperate to get over a scandal at her New York private school. Over-medicated and under-confident, she's afraid she'll never escaper her past. Until she meets Bo out hiking. He makes her believe she might finally be able to move on. But when a dead body is found in the woods, and the presence of what might be a gruesome serial killer throws her recovery into a tailspin, Magda doesn't know who she can trust--including herself.

What She Found in the Woods

Tori Sacasa

WOW!! This book was full of twists, turns, and details that kept me on the edge of my seat. I couldn’t put the book down and finished all 385 pages in a weekend (which is not characteristic of me). As someone who used to be obsessed with reading, which was ruined by required reading/annotating in school, this was the perfect book to make me fall back in love with it. The author did a great job of linking romance, suspense, and drama all into one little book and I highly recommend reading this when you can.

TRUST NO ONE. NOT EVEN YOURSELF. After a devastating scandal breaks in her elite New York City private school, Magdalena is shipped off to her family home to spend a summer recovering under the radar. Over-medicated and under-confident, she spends her days in a fog, hiking in the woods behind her grandparents' cottage. But then a gorgeous boy called Bo stumbles across her picnic blanket and Magdalena starts believing she might be able to move on from her past. Bo is wild and free and he gets her – it's like he can see into her soul. Finally she's starting to feel . . . something. But there's something dark going on in this sleepy town, and when a mutilated body is found in the woods near Bo’s forest home, it’s clear that Magdalena’s nightmare is just beginning. She's no longer sure if she can trust anyone – even herself . . . What She Found in the Woods is an addictive and all-consuming thriller with a twist from the internationally bestselling author of the Starcrossed series, Josephine Angelini.

Maxie Froelicher

This is really 3.5 stars, but on the lower end. I’m really glad this book didn’t lean into the trope I thought it was going to (which is actually a plot point!), and the twist was NOT what I saw coming. There were a few things about medications that didn’t seem as well researched as they should have been, especially when it came to quitting five prescriptions cold turkey with only a mysterious pill to counteract them, but I do recommend this book!

Francesca Angelini

After a scandal breaks in her elite New York City private school, Magdalena is shipped off to her grandparents' sleepy Pacific Northwest town to spend a summer recovering under the radar. Over-medicated and uninspired, she spends her days in a fog, hiking in the woods behind her grandparents' cottage. But then gorgeous wildboy, Bo, stumbles across her picnic blanket and Magdalena starts believing she might be able to move on from her past. The only problem seems to be the series of crimes breaking out across town, and when a body is found in the woods near Bo's encampment, it's clear that Magdalena's nightmare is just beginning. She's no longer sure who she can trust. . .What She Found in the Woods is an addictive and all-consuming thriller with a twist from the internationally bestselling author of the Starcrossed series, Josephine Angelini.

Pam Sartain

What She Found in the Woods by Josephine Angelini is about Madga, a teenage girl from New York, who has caused problems in her old life, and has come to live with her grandparents, somewhere she hasn't been for a couple of years, but where she used to summer every year, so there are other teens in the area that her grandparents fish up for her to socialise with again.

You find out more about Magda as you read the book, but you start out with a young woman who needs to take pills, and talks about guilt. She starts to take walks in the woods near her grandparents house, and one day meets a guy, Bo, who tells her his family lives in the woods.

Magda is keeping his secret, trying to act like a normal college age teen, whilst knowing she won't be accepted by any college, so she starts volunteering at a woman's refuge in the town, with some of her friends. 

This was a thrill ride, as you learn more about Magda, Bo, the woman's refuge, and someone called Dr Goodnight. It is a book written for teens, but that just means all of the emotions come across more intensely, which really works for a thriller.

What She Found in the Woods was published on 25th July 2019, and is available to buy on Amazon and on Waterstones. I've found a link to where you can search for local bookshops, including independent!

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I was given this book for free in return for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Pan MacMillan (the publishers) for this book.

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Joana

I hate the fact that I can't give more than 5 stars. Five is a number too small to express how much joy, love, fear, and respect I have for this book. I'm beyond grateful I picked it up and started reading!

What She Found in the Woods

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