The Girl Who Came Out of the Woods

A very intriguing premise for a novel. Told from the perspectives of Arty, a teenager who lives in a secluded matriarchal community and a mysterious figure who is being held captive at an unknown point in time. Arty is forced by circumstances to leave her idyllic community and seek her way in the world. I absolutely loved the way the author describes the way that Arty sees and deals with the outside world and it makes the reader think about things that we take for granted such as using phones and social networking. She meets some interesting people on her journey and both her plot and the mystery of the person in captivity keeps the reader gripped. I read this on Pigeonhole and it kept everyone guessing right up until the end. Highly recommended YA, this is not a genre I read often but it is the type of book anyone would enjoy.