The Beast Is an Animal

De: Peternelle van Arsdale

Narrado por: Candace Thaxton

A YALSA 2018 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Selection

A girl with a secret talent must save her village from the encroaching darkness in this haunting and deeply satisfying tale.

Alys was seven when the soul eaters came to her village.

These soul eaters, twin sisters who were abandoned by their father and slowly morphed into something not quite human, devour human souls. Alys, and all the other children, were spared - and they were sent to live in a neighboring village. There the devout people created a strict world where good and evil are as fundamental as the nursery rhymes children sing. Fear of the soul eaters - and of the Beast they believe guides them - rules village life. But the Beast is not what they think it is. And neither is Alys.

Inside, Alys feels connected to the soul eaters and maybe even to the Beast itself. As she grows from a child to a teenager, she longs for the freedom of the forest. And she has a gift she can tell no one about, for fear they will call her a witch. When disaster strikes, Alys finds herself on a journey to heal herself and her world. A journey that will take her through the darkest parts of the forest, where danger threatens her from the outside - and from within her own heart and soul.

©2017 Peternelle van Arsdale (P)2017 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

enjoyable

I enjoyed this book. There were times where I wanted it to go a bit faster, but it did not halt my enjoyment.