Legend & Lore Book Club

Join us for lively discussions and explorations of diverse cultures and fantastical worlds featured in the Rick Riordan Presents series. Whether you're a seasoned demigod devotee or a new explorer of mythological realms, our book club promises thrilling quests and unforgettable tales that will ignite your imagination! Pick up your copy at the Teen Reference desk! Registration required. Not all content may be appropriate for all ages. Please ask the librarian for content warnings.

IT WAITS IN THE FOREST BY SARAH DASS:

Unlike the other residents of the small Caribbean Island of St. Virgil, Selina DaSilva does not believe in magic. With a logical mind and a knack for botany, Selina used to dream of leaving the island to study Pharmacology—until a vicious, unsolved attack left her father dead and her mother in a coma.

Now her guilt over her mother’s condition keeps her tethered to the island, relegated to conning gullible tourists with useless talismans and phony protection rituals. But when one of those tourists ends up at the center of a string of strange murders, the truth that Selina has been denying can no longer be there is evil lurking in the forests that surround St. Virgil. Another thing that can’t be avoided? Selina’s ex-boyfriend Gabriel, newly employed at the local newspaper and eager to put his investigative skills to use.

Desperate to put an end to the killings and claim justice for Selina’s family, these two former lovers race to find answers. But evil bides its time. And as long-buried feelings and long-hidden secrets about Selina’s family’s past begin to reveal themselves, only one answer remains—and it waits in the forest.