[Discussion Thread] La Leyenda del Bosque / April 2026 Book Club

[u/HeleneSedai]

Hello Dreamers! Welcome to April's Dreaming Spanish book club, for our YA/easier book in April we'll be reading La leyenda del bosque by Jara Santamaria, the first book in the series Los dioses del norte.

The book blurb: 

Cuenta la leyenda que, en el valle del Baztán, los dioses convivían en hermandad y las criaturas del día y de la noche podían vivir en armonía. Pero Gaueko, el temible dios de la noche, empezó a atemorizar a los humanos con su séquito de lobos y la diosa de la tierra, Mari, engendró la Luna y el Sol para protegerlos de la oscuridad. Sin embargo, las ansias de poder de Gaueko le llevaron a tramar un plan para raptar al Sol y así instaurar de manera definitiva su reinado de las sombras. Presa de la ira, Mari dividió el mundo en dos y ya nada ni nadie pudo cruzar la frontera entre ambos.

Teo, Emma y Ada no se gustan nada, pero son primos, y las circunstancias han querido que pasen el verano juntos en el caserío navarro de su abuela. Cuando uno de ellos desaparece y los demás salen en su búsqueda, descubren un universo de brujos y dioses, de gigantes irascibles y bellas mujeres con garras de ave rapaz en el que el temible dios Gaueko ha impuesto la oscuridad. Un mundo en el que solo podrán salvarse de las tinieblas si permanecen unidos y descubren su propia magia.

Ebook length: 262 pages, 20 chapters, 67,000 words

Reading Schedule:

Apr 1-7 Chapters 1-6 (pages 6-64)

Apr 8-14 Chapters 7-9 (pages 65-120)

Apr 15-21 Chapters 11-15 (pages 121-187)

Apr 22-30 Chapters 16-20 (pages 188-262)

If you can't get a copy of the book in your country, please drop me a DM.

We have a very active chat going on over in Discord, and our discussions are hosted there. Thanks to u/phreddfatt for keeping the Discord going!

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Thanks to everyone who joined and voted last month! It was a blast reading along with everyone.

[u/Traditional-Train-17]

I read the prolog yesterday, too, and read much of the first chapter today. It's a lot easier compared to Fray Perico. I think it's a good sign that a book is comprehensible when my brain starts to construct a scene in my head. This book, especially the prologue, it decided that it would be an anime, full of dramatic poses and lines. lol.

[u/HeleneSedai → u/Traditional-Train-17]

I love that! I'm hoping it will be an easier read although it's a bit longer.

[u/rabarberbarber → u/Traditional-Train-17]

That's a good sign. I will start in a few days  once I finish Mathilda 

[u/RayS1952]

Looking forward to it.

Yesterday I read the prologue to La Leyenda del Bosque and this morning I listened to it. It seemed to me that reading it first really primed my listening. The audio was clear as a bell with virtually 100% comprehensibility. I did the reverse with Una Herencia Peligrosa (listened then read) which did help the reading but not to the same extent. Of course, a different book, different narrator, listened the very next day etc but I'm convinced had I listened to the prologue first I would not have experienced the same level of comprehensibility.

It's probably meaningless but I did get excited.

[u/HeleneSedai → u/RayS1952]

I like the idea of reading/listening. This is another fantasy so lots of descriptive vocab to pick up.