A review by thepetitepunk
The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner

4.0

i'll be honest, i only read this because sometimes i realize i'm living this wattpad romance where my partner was the 6'5" guy on the high school basketball/football teams and i was the semi-cringey edge lord who ate lunch alone while listening to the misfits but(!!!!) apparently we were both reading silly little YA books of our own volition at that time! and here's one he read and i didn't!

i saw this marked on goodreads as "romance" so i was fully prepared to tease my partner for reading YA romances while being a #dudebro but instead i got a tense story about poverty and abuse and hardship. ouch, but well written.