Katie & David Bowden's parents are off to Katkajan to pick up the baby girl they are adopting. The kids don't quite trust the nanny who will be taking care of them while their parents are gone (especially Katie). But they keep quiet about it so their parents don't worry. Turns out, Katie was right, ...
First person narratives will always bug me, but when they are as droll and stereotypical as whatever this one was called, they make me feel apprehensive about even picking one up again. It's a formulaic children's fantasy book about nothing much, but it should keep kids with little imagination and f...
This was an amazing end to a terrific series. Conn goes through a lot of trouble to find a new locus stone and save Welmet. He learns a lots about the true nature of magic. With this new knowledge he makes a decision that ultimately stops the dread magic and saves his beloved city. The only question...
A Study in Scarlet (1887) [8]; The Sign of Four (1890) [7]; The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892): “A Scandal in Bohemia” [9]; “The Red-Headed League” [7]; “A Case of Identity” [5]; “The Boscombe Valley Mystery” [7]; “Five Orange Pips” [6]; “The Man with the Twisted Lip” [7]; “The Adventure of th...
Since I've loved Broach's other works, I thought I'd been a fan of this one too. But I wasn't. It's fine, it just wasn't great. With the story centered on the middle of three brothers, there's a lot of gender assumptions being made. Even though Henry accepts Delilah on their adventures, he still see...
I liked the pace of this one, and I loved the voice of the MC. I felt like it was unique and provided something different for readers. This will be the first book in awhile where I'm actually planning on reading the whole series.
The premise of this story–a city that runs on magic–is fascinating, and I loved the descriptions of the city itself. The book itself had the feeling of the first book in a trilogy, but the characters were so great (a wizard, the thief who steals his locus-stone, the muscle who knits and bakes biscui...
This is the first in yet another fantasy series, the life-blood of many a young reader. Our hero, Connwear, is the cheeky young apprentice to a curmudgeonly wizard. Together they expend their energies and talents to discover where all the magic in their city is disappearing to.
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