The Blackhope Enigma
by:
Teresa Flavin (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780763656942 (0763656941)
Publish date: August 9th 2011
Publisher: Templar
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Series: The Blackhope Enigma (#1)
I tried with this one, as it sounded like quite a fun MG offering, but it did not catch my interest. At all.
A new favorite for sure. Teresa Flavin blends magic, art history and mythology into a wonderful adventure. Sunni and Blaise are art students studying the Medeival painter Fausto Corvo for a school project. When Sunni, her step-brother Dean & Blaise go to The Blackhope Tower to see Corvo's famous pai...
Being transported through/into paintings is hardly a new gimmick in fantasy (especially aimed at the younger set) but it is one that I like. I give Flavin credit for actually developing the world-inside-the-painting a bit, instead of making it extremely limited and static as many authors do with thi...
The last book I read about people dissapearing into magical paintings was Mirrorscape... and that was awful. This, however is a mystical, imaginative take on an old idea. The character's are a little cheesy - Sunni, who has a crush on someone way older than her, her annoying younger brother and the ...
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