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Originally posted on my blog Nonstop Reader.
A Ranger's Guide to Glipwood Forest is a wonderfully illustrated atlas tie-in to the Glipwood Forest, setting for the Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson. Released 7th Nov 2023 by Waterbrook & Multnomah, it's 128 pages and is available in hardcover, audio, and ebook formats.
This is a really lovely companion/support guide to the narrative series, and provides a lot (a LOT) of background info and world building. The author is one of the original members of the Glipwood Official Rangers Guild.
This is a nice addition for all the fans of the series and is beautifully and intricately illustrated by Aedan Peterson. The illustrations (pen & ink, and color, electronically rendered) are gorgeous and full of details. The map drawings are serviceable and clear, the interior incidental art is often multi-layered and labyrinthine in detail (see cover).
The author/creator are clearly knowledgeable and appealingly nerdy and immersed in the sandbox world.
The audiobook format has a run time of 1 hour 19 minutes. It's unclear how successful such a graphic heavy book will translate to an audio format. It's narrated by the author.
Four and a half stars. Definitely a good choice for public or school library acquisition, home use, and gift giving purposes.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.