Talk:It Lives In The Woods/@comment-32575392-20180131200004/@comment-34138917-20180131212914

I LOVED this book. It's my all-time favorite in Choices (yep, even surpassed TC&TF and ROE). The plot was great, the atmosphere wass absolutely chilling, and...oh man, the characters! The characters were so likable! They all had very different personalities and different problems. Noah and MC struggling with Jane's death, Dan struggling with PTSD, Stacy struggling with Britney and her mother, Lily dealing with her crush on Britney, Lucas dealing with his drug problem, Andy dealing with transphobia and discrimination. The only one who didn't have a problem to deal with was Ava, but she herself was still awesome. In fact, I don't think there were any characters in the story who I actively disliked (except Cody and Jocelyn, they were kinda jerks, but at least Cody served a mildly important role in the story and Jocelyn redeemed herself at homecoming). And I honestly loved all the LI's to death and had a hard time picking one (love you Connor).

The penultimate chapter was absolutely intense. In my game, none of the characters died except Noah. But the story got WAY more intense when I watched a playthrough on YouTube where no one survived but Noah. It was honestly heartbreaking, and I can truly say I had a few tears rolling down my cheeks.

And...ugh...as much as I hate to say this, I don't think the next book will feature any of the main characters from this book, and if it does, it'll probably be as a cameo or a short appearance. The reason I say this is because all of the main characters (MC, Noah, Lily, Dan, Stacy, Ava, Andy, Lucas) are determinant. Determinant characters, forgive me if you think otherwise, don't usually have major roles in the story. I mean, Severin Cale in TC&TF disappears after book 1 and only returns in book 3, the Wolf Pup doesn't appear very often if it's adopted, and Rose Blake is written out of the story even if she was saved in book one, never appearing again (forgive me, I could only think of determinant characters from TC&TF).

So...assuming this happens to the gang in ILITW...this was a good run, and I'm glad their stories ended on such a happy(?) note.