Wildwood by Colin Meloy
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The good things:
Decent main girl character (though not good enough to add to the cool girl protagonists list)
Great illustrations
kind-of well-developed fantasy world

Less than good things:
Super-wordy
Quick and weirdly unsatisfactory ending
The story never pulled me in to where I cared about the characters

Thinking of creating a shelf for 'not living up to its hype.'

Do I think kids will read it? Yes.