Review: Great! Thrilling and chilling.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 13, 2013
I don't read the reviews before I read a book because I am always afraid it will make my review prejudiced. I similarly, don't look at the author page until I am done with the book either. This is the first time that has made me feel sheepish. I was going to base this review on how much this book reminded me of some of the better goosebumps books...and then I read the other reviews and the author's page. So let's go a different way.This book is fun for two main reasons: The scary stuff is actually scary for the right audience...I can prove it, I have a trembling seven and eight year old next to me as I write this review. Secondly, this book is more fun that just a few pages here and there. The "good stuff" is more or less the entire book.The author manages to build characters that are fun to read about and yet offer enough set up that the story makes sense but you don't get lost wading through it. This book was just as fun for me to read as it was for the kids to listen to. If you are hungering for some good scary stuff for the young ones, or if you, like me just never quite grew up and love reading kids books, this one is a knockout!