Sad to DNF this one. I was enjoying it at first, but the writing style revealed itself to not be for me. Lots of descriptive language, lots of similes. I do appreciate some strong descriptive writing in a book, but this felt weighed down with near constant poetic comments.

“his eyes moving back and forth like he is reading something written in the air between the trees”

“The wind moves a little in the tops of the trees, and then dies away, like a person leaving a room.”

“He flings a bit of fur away that was dangling wetly like a red earring from the animal’s hide.”

Etc, etc. So if you like that kind of description, you’d at least appreciate the style of this book!