Genre:  Environmentalism / Animals / Travel / Drama

Year Published:1966

Year Read:  2010

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company

“Farewell to Shady Glade” is another classic book from Bill Peet and it is about how a group of animals have to move away from Shady Glade in order to find a safer place to live when bulldozers came to tear down Shady Glade. “Farewell to Shady Glade” is a brilliant book about the trials of moving to a new place that children will surely love.

Bill Peet’s story about how a group of animals try to find a new place to live is truly touching as the animals try to believe in the hope of finding a new home and children will easily relate to the animals’ struggles of finding a new home as many children have experienced an experience where they have to move to a new home and how they have to adjust to the different atmosphere of their new home and how sometimes moving can be a scary experience for many children. Bill Peet’s illustrations are beautiful and cute especially of the images of the animals themselves as they are fat and furry and look so small compared to the outside world that they are thrown into as they move away from their home. The image that stood out the most was the image of the old raccoon looking like he is the biggest and wisest of all the animals as he has a look of wisdom on his face.



“Farewell to Shady Glade” is a heartwarming story about having a moving experience that many children will easily relate to for many years. I would recommend this book to children ages five and up since the length of this book might bore some smaller children.

Review is also on: Rabbit Ears Book Blog

I wasn't planning on using this for the 12 tasks, but it is set in the UK!  One more down...

Helen and Geoff plan for a nice weekend at a cottage in the Forest of Dean. During their stay, they find an idyllic setting with a small cottage foundation that they villagers call ‘The Glade.’ Helen and Geoff are pulled towards the Glade and want to build a home there. They are warned off from the area by everyone in town, but Helen and Geoff proceed anyway, especially when Helen learns of her terminal diagnosis. Their country cottage was supposed to be a place where Helen went to die; instead she is one of the few left alive. Everyone told her that the Glade wanted something from her, but Helen could never imagine what exactly the cost would be.

This is a fast paced mix of murder mystery, horror, and thriller. From the very beginning we know that Helen has somehow killed Geoff and the chapters go back and forth between the events leading up to the murder and Helen being arrested. This made me extremely interested in what exactly had happened to get to this point. At first, it seemed to me that the mystery of the Glade was pretty clear cut and I was having trouble seeing how its powers were a bad thing. However, the Glade moves quickly and little by little things begin to turn for the worse. The writing builds suspense masterfully as inklings of something wrong comes to you from every direction up until the very end. By about 60% through, I really had no idea where this was taking me and just went for the ride. My only complaint would be the overuse of the word "whilst." Seriously, everything was whilst they were doing something or other. With strong scenes of violence, gore and overall weirdness, this may not be for everyone, but it worked for me.

My Thoughts - 5 out of 5 Unicorns - I loved it!!!

***Received a copy of the ebook for an honest review

The cover is beautiful and fits well with the series!

This is the 4^th book in the series, and it is still for adults only due to the content.

This is Garrett’s story.  He was part of what used to be Silvanus’ pack.  Due to things that happened in book 3, he is a bit lost and floundered.  Ally is a nurse, and she has old wounds she is still nursing.  This is more of an emotional journey that the battles that have been part of the first 3 books.  I was pleasantly surprised by how much I like Garrett.  I only wish there was more because I didn’t want it to end.

I definitely like Sennah Tate’s writing style and can’t wait to read more of her work!

I highly recommend this series and yes I think they should be read in order to all shifter lovers!

My Thoughts - 5 out of 5 Unicorns - I loved it!!!

***Received a copy of the ebook for an honest review

The cover is beautiful, but I love the big cats :)

This is the 3^rd book in the novella series, and it is still for adults only due to the steamy content.  I really like this world that Sennah has created.  She does a fantastic job grabbing your attention and pulling you into the story where putting it down is not an option.

This is Benny’s story!!  YAY!!  He really deserved his story, so I was ecstatic when I started reading.  Elena is just wonderful, and I’m glad she could deal with everything.  I don’t want to give anything away, but lots of awesomeness happened.  I’m wondering who the fourth book is about….guess I should go read it :)

I highly recommend this series to all the shifter lovers out there!

My Thoughts - 5 out of 5 Unicorns - I loved it!!!

***Received a copy of the ebook for an honest review

The cover is awesome and is a perfect fit!

This is the 2^nd book in this novella series!  It is for adults only due to the steamy adult scenes and violence. 

I wasn’t sure I was going to like this book because I didn’t think much of Brock Silvanus, but I’m happy to say that I understand him more and he has redeemed himself in my eyes.  Hailey is a very strong person because I’m not sure I could endure all she did and come out the other side intact.  I loved read their story and learning more about what is going on in Sunset Glade.

Sennah Tate does a fabulous job weaving her tale and enthralling you that putting down the story is not an option.  Love this series!

I highly recommend this series to all the shifter fans out there because it is a wonderful world and packed with action to keep your attention!