Review: I liked it except for my pet peeve - the obvious cliff hanger whise sole purpose is the sale of book 2.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 8, 2013
I really liked the backstory - in fact I wanted to see if Astoria,Oregon has an ancient library... I found the thought of traveling into storybooks very attractive. I also liked Wes and Tay - and I think I'll like Randy too. The author has left room for his characters to grow and that's something crucial to a series. But I feel strongiy that each book should be complete. Such obvious cliff hanger endings just irritate me.  I don't know if book 2 will be free but when I buy a hard copy book and feel that the editors have simply taken a full book and created multiple books from it my back goes up. It leaves me feeling suckered. If I were buying a physical book it would mean multiple trips to the bookstore or multiple shipments with that added expense. But also it takes away that wonderful sense of serendipity when the author of a book you loved brings you a second helping generously. So maybe I'm odd or maybe in children's books you need a cliffhanger to bring the child back - but R L Stine captured readers without that gimmick. (Ok Stine is not a great author but he got mt children reading!)