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Laya, the flightier, more artistic sister, gives her thoughts in ephemeral free verse. Liba, the more solid and down-to-earth sister, tells her part of the story in lovely prose. I love the alternating formats of the chapters. “To love means to sacrifice everything that you are.” I was almost as disappointed by this book as I was by Uprooted, which I think is comparable in setting and atmosphere. I should know by now that YA usually doesn’t work for me. However, I feel like this is on me, not the book. While I enjoyed the plot and the structure, the usual YA all-consuming romances and the characters’ inner struggles with coming to know and accept themselves were cloyingly overabundant and negatively impacted my reading experience. So made for me that I ignored the fact that it’s YA. There are shapeshifters and mysterious newcomers peddling forbidden fruit and a deeply atmospheric forest, as well as a central sibling relationship and deep religious questions to ponder. It’s a heavily Jewish book with lovely fantasy overtones. The Sisters of the Winter Wood was incredibly promising. The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner