eARC Review of The Twig Man by Sana Rasoul

 I received this book from Netgalley for a fair and honest review.

Title: The Twig Man

Author: Sana Rasoul

Publisher: Hashtag Press

Rating: 3 stars

Beware the Twig Man, the Twig Man's hex. Beware the Twig Man, or you'll be NEXT! It's been a year since nearly-twelve-year-old Ari’s older sister, Lana, ran away. Except Ari knows what really happened. She was taken by the Twig Man, the creepy monster that's haunted the woods for one hundred years. No one else will listen, so it's down to Ari to save his sister. But he had better hurry, as Ari finds himself next on The Twig Man's list...

This was an interesting story about a Ari whose sister went missing about a year ago and his parents and everyone else thinks that she ran away. Ari doesn't think that is what happened but nobody will listen to him. His parents are very strict with him because of what happened with his sister and he is tired of it and wants to find out what happened to his sister. 

One days he accidently kicks his ball into the woods a place he isn't suppose to go but does anyway which starts a series of creepy things to happen. There is a story about the Twig Man a creature in the woods that takes people and he is sure that is what happened to his sister and while in the woods he meets a boy who is also looking in to the Twig Man and they both try do figure things before it's to late for Ari. 

I thought this story was just okay, it was a quick read and flowed fine but at times it just wasn't really that gripping or interesting. I didn't find it to be that creepy but I can see that some children who might not  be big into spooky books being a bit more creeped out than kids who like to read spooky books. 

 The most interesting part of this was the lore surrounding the Twig Man because it was taken from a myth surrounding the petrefied forrest, which I did look up to see if there was such a thing! :)