by Anne Ursu
I haaaaate not finishing books and I really hate not finishing a book I'm reading with my kid. Waaaaah. This one started with such promise, but really got to be a big drag about half way through. We both find that we really do not care either way what happens to these characters and there are sequel...
I loved The Shadow Thieves. I really liked the humorous style of writing used and it was never boring, with constant action and no floods of detail that make you want to skip the two page long paragraph. I stayed up until four in the morning finishing this book and I don't regret a second of it! The...
I picked up this book because I needed a "U" author to complete a reading challenge and this book sounded interesting. I figured it was young adult but upon reading realized it was closer to teen than young adult. The protagonists are 13-year old children: Charlotte and Zachary "Zee". It's well-wri...
Greek myths. Charlotte and her British cousin, Zee, find themselves in the Underworld trying to stop Poseidon's grandson, Philonecron, from stealing people's shadows and over throwing Hades. Philonecron is probably the greatest evil geniusvillain of all time. Funny. Relatable likeable characters. V...
the Offspring and I both loved this. In fact, Very and I are firmly of the opinion that Ursu's writing and story are vastly superior to the Percy Jackson books. More depth, more thinking, more reasonable set-up. Love it! The next two are also brilliant.
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