Long Shipping Times, Good Book, Too much Marketing
Ordered the hard cover book and it was a good hard cover with decent weight photos. Ordered as a keepsake for a friend’s baby’s 1st Birthday. The story was good and it uses the letters of the child’s name to solve a mystery. The actual name only appears on the cover and at the end of the book. It is definitely more suitable for an older child (small print, light paper, complex story), but will do for a keepsake until the child is old enough to read it. My friend said she liked the book.<br /><br />Things I didn’t like - product comes from the UK and there is no tracking. It took close to a month to arrive in the US and I thought I would miss the birthday. The company is also doing a lot of self-promotion on the book that makes it look tacky. On the opening page, you can write a customized message. But that message gets lost with all the “Magic Name” advertising. Even the back page has their info and Facebook etc. They also included customized wrapping paper with the child’s name printed. It was glossy paper but hard to wrap around the book. And also didn’t feel glam to use. I could have done without it.
Rating: 3 stars