Where There Be Humans by Rebekah L. Purdy caught my attention with its unique twist. Purdy creates a world where magical creatures mix with humans in surprising ways, offering a fresh take on fantasy that kept me hooked. The characters, especially the main one's journey of self-discovery, are solid. Purdy explores themes like identity and secrets unraveling, with relationships that add depth to the emotional punch. The pacing worked well—it kept me engaged without rushing, and Purdy's descriptive yet accessible writing made me care about what happens next.

Where There Be Humans is a fun mix of fantasy and human drama with unique world-building and characters worth rooting for

love a good fantasy book and a fresh take ongoblins - especially as the protagonists and not as the bad guys. Fun

Author Rebekah L. Purdy writes stories well, and Where There Be Humans is another story written with intriguing elements that garner attention.
Review copy received from the Publisher via Netgalley.

I'm very surprised of myself that I never got back to review this book. I've read Where There Be Humans some time ago and I loved it.
This book, from the very first pages, got me glued to the story. I loved it's main character Ivy Archer, full of energy, tenacious, coragious, the kind of character I love to read about, a 16 years old ready to break the rules, with the skill to go around the city silente and unnoticed.
When i first read the plot and read the book was about goblins, I wans't totally sure, but at the same time I got intrigued by the fact that I've never really read a book like this, it was something totally new for me and because of that I got even more curious.
You don't see a lot of books by goblin, in a goblin world which city is called Gob Hollow, lovely on my opinion. The only goblin I've ever known about was the villain in spiderman.
I'm glad to say this book is a real pearl. The story flow, it reads itself. The worldbuilding is impeccable. You get the right details when you need them to undestand better God Hollow, and the characters? What to say, they are all built perfectly to fit the situation we find them in.
In this book humans are the Myth and not the other way around. But humans are actually real anche the kidnap the prince of goblin's, and it will be up to Ivy to save him thanks to her skills and her being half goblin and half human.
A beautiful, beautiful, beautiful book, super recommended reading if you want a fantasy very different from the others.

Fast paced YA fantasy romance where goblins are real and humans are the stuff of fairy tales.

The story was original enough to keep me reading, but it branched out in so many directions (tattoos, divine swords,...). It would have been better to stick to only a few story lines.

I had trouble connecting with this book. While I liked the premise (Goblin princess instead of human) it just didn’t grab my attention and I had a hard time getting through it. But I didn’t have any issues with the writing and I know that it will be enjoyed by many.

I just loved getting to enter this world. It was just so easy to get lost in and I just had so much fun with these characters. I look forward to reading more wonderful stories in this series.

This one is a must read for all the Fantasy lovers.
It was a great journey, the characters are amazing and the story is really interesting. I really like the fact that we have trolls and goblins. I find it quite innovative.
I really nice reading, I absolutely recommend it

The idea for this book was awesome! The execution was not. It read like an outline of cool things that could happen! I was shocked when something that could have actually been used to build relationships, expand on the world, create meaning, was addressed in literally 3 sentences. The whole book was like that.

There were completely unnecessary time jumps forward after what you thought would be important things. But no. So much of this book was just bullet points of things happening and none of it tying together.

I would have dnfed it if it wasn't December and I needed it to meet my book goal for the year. It was just very not great.

Okay, I LOVED that out of all the creativeness in this book, I can’t recall ever reading about a main character that was a goblin!!! Let alone a goblin princess! I can’t hype this book up enough and feel it’s a great read that is immersive and has creativity that is so underrated!!!

Great and unique book. It has some aspects that we see in some other books which have the same vibe, but it absolutely has most unique characters and plot. I highly enjoyed reading this!

I have received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for honest review

Okay, while reading Where There Be Humans I was definitely getting some vibes from other books that I've previously read. In it, you will meet Ivy. Now she was pretty interesting because she was goblin princess. I don't think I've ever read a book where the main character was a goblin. A side character? Yes.

Throughout the book, she travels to the human world to save a loved one: her brother. Travelling with her is her best friend Pudge. Lord, these two were hilarious together. All the teasing and snarky comments reminded me of myself when I'm with friends or family.

In the end, this book had so many twists and turns that made this book one wild and fun adventure.

I received this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This book is great. I loved the world, the characters and the story. I couldn't put it down. Definitely a must read for all fantasy lovers!

Where there be humans is a YA fantasy book by Rebekah L. Purdy. It was the first book from that author I was reading and I'm not disapointed. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me an arc of this book.

In a world where goblins are the main character and humans are just fairy tales we meet Ivy an half-goblins, she's not sure what the other half is but she suspect it might be human. When Dorian, the prince, is kidnapped after a mission, it will finally be the chance for her to prove her worth. Being only half goblin she have been often look down on her by the others living in Gob Hollow. And maybe find her origins if she survives the mission.

ARC from NetGalley

2.5 stars

In this book, we get to read all about how, for some reason, the king of the goblins sends a bunch of teenagers out on a really dangerous mission, including his heir.

The writing wasn't bad, but not good. This book is on the younger side of young adult despite all of the attempted edginess with all the arseholes flying around. The bad guys were really stereotypical. The love interest... Okay so Pudge is gross. He spends the first half of the book being gross. Not a sympathetic love interest. I was a bit embittered by the bait and switch.

There were some plot failings. It's never explained why the cook is so important that she shows up to meet with the king. I found that confusing. Also confusing that no one else questioned it. The hag (the goblin deity essentially) stuff was really random. The lore isn't delved into at all. The setting essentially didn't exist in my mind. I didn't get a feel for it at all. The magic system isn't explained at all. There is some great importance placed on the tattoos and the hag necklace thingy and the dog and the sword, but none of these things end up really doing anything. Eh.

Everything was really predictable, but it was a semi-entertaining, quick read. It was an interesting spin that had potential.

A quick read for young adults.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the E-arc copy of Where There Be Humans.
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When I first began this story, I wasn’t sure really what to expect. The blurb sounded interesting but as cautious. Each book from Rebekah Purdy I have read, I liked but none were in this time of setting. So that made me cautious. As I started to read the book though, I really got into it.

There was some wonderful world building and you got to feel all that Ivy was thinking and seeing. She was very real with how she felt and it was portrayed in her actions and thoughts. I loved Ivy’s mischievous and curious side. I enjoyed how when she had questions, she sought out the answers. She was a very determined girl. An excellent soldier and her relationship with her dad was great.

Pudge was awesome. He was lighthearted and just sweet. I felt for him at the end because this poor guy went through a lot on the journey to save Prince Dorian and he lost alot as well. I wasn’t quite surprised with the turns in Pudge’s life but was sad to see them occur. I did love the ending and the romance aspect in Pudge’s life.

Prince Dorian: when this began I loved how he was with Ivy. He saw beyond her being half goblin. When they were setting up the mission to the land of human, I was so thrilled to see he was by Ivy’s side supporting her being on it but I didn’t like how he was manipulated at that point. He is a good character but he didn’t really let Ivy completely in and that turns out to hurt them both at different junctures.

Ivy’s aunt: great. She was understanding and sweet. She accepted Ivy and who she was unlike like her uncle. Her aunt had Ivy believing humans weren’t all that bad. That is until her uncle and the family she was looking at for kidnapping the Prince came into her world. They were malicious piece of works.

The Plot: The story between Pudge and Ivy and their romance was sweet and entertaining. Not much drama or angst there. The story of Ivy and Prince Dorian was complicated but not angsty. That played out well in the end and I love how Prince Dorian was always supportive of Ivy even when Ivy didn’t think he was. The politics in the story was very interesting. There was more than meets the eye going on behind the scenes as the kind tries to keep his place and keep the overgreedy council from overstepping. The story had twists and turns with some sad moments. You were entertained the entire book and I liked how it ended. I liked that this was not on vampires or witches but goblins for goblins aren’t really used alot in books and this one brought them to life.

Overall: fun, entertaining with twists and turns. The story is one that you just enjoy sitting and reading. Not much angst or drama but some danger, reveals and twists with a bit of romance.

Ivy and Pudge are best friends and they are goblins. But Ivy is a bit different from other goblins and she is convinced that she is half human. But humans are fairytales. One day Ivy and Pudge are sent to a mission to rescue the missing prince. And they learn some fairytales are true.

This book is a fantasy young adult book and fits in the friends to lovers genre.
I was totally addicted to the world building and the young goblins. I felt never bored and there where really good moments in the story. It was something new and I have really liked it.
Read it!

This was an interesting book and while I thought I had everything figured out there were several unexpected twisted that surprised me big time. I absolutely love books that make you think you have it figured out and then throw you a curve ball.

Ivy is half goblin and half human but she knows nothing of her human parent. While she is trying to learn about her human half so many more secrets about her life come to life. When her betrothed is kidnapped the biggest secret of all comes out and her chance to meet her human family comes. To make things more confusing for her she has fallen in love with her other friend while trying to rescue her betrothed.

This is an intriguing book and I would highly recommend it. This was my first book by this author and I absolutely loved it. There are a lot of authors that write books that you can follow and kind of guess the next thing to happen but Rebekah kept me guessing. I truly look forward to reading more by this author because she had me enthralled through the whole book!

Thank you to the publishers, author and NetGalley for the free copy of this book!

I absolutely loved this book! It was really well written and the characters were so easy to connect with. Lots of intrigue and secrets, with continuous action without being over kill. The main character, Ivy, is a talented half-goblin but also has her faults, and I honestly loved that you see her fail because it made her more relatable. My one critique with this story was at some points it felt a little too geared towards younger audiences and could have been a little more detailed, but over all a fantastic read. Definitely recommend!!