I adore magical origin stories. When I saw the movie Rise of the Guardians a few years back now for the first time, I fell in love with the story and the characters. Especially the character of Pitch Black. He intrigued me as someone who was never truly evil. He just wanted to be believed in. As did...
This is vol. 1 in the series of books that eventually became Dreamworks' Rise of the Guardians-- which I saw first and loved. This book focuses on how St. Nick became who he was and also sets the back story for the movie's main villain, Pitch, the Nightmare King, as well as lots of great world-buil...
*5 Stars* - This squeaked by but I’m glad it got 5 stars. Scorecard: (Out of 10)* Quality of Writing - 8* Pace - 7* Plot development - 8* Characters - 9* Enjoyability - 9* Insightfulness - 10* Ease of Reading - 8* Photos/Illustrations - 10Final Score: 69/80 = 86%A solid story that brought great enjo...
Cute, light read with great imagination and mythology, and the artwork is very lovely. Definitely one to read when you're looking for something easy to start and finish in a few hours.
Review originally posted at Bibliophilia, Please.I picked up this book as a part of the Magnificently Magic Read-A-Thon* both because it was a book I had been wanting to read and because of how perfectly it fit the criteria. Being as it weighs in at 228 pages and is assuredly lower middle grade migh...
I quite enjoyed this charming MG book full of magic and imagination. The illustrations are lovely.It reminded me strongly of the wonderful book, [b:The Legend of Holly Claus|274868|The Legend of Holly Claus |Brittney Ryan|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348304276s/274868.jpg|1113949], in it's setting ...
Rating: 3.5 starsThe art was lovely in the novel, and the concept was researched and supported, but I felt that the novel could have offered more to the readers.I do plan on finishing out the series, however.
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