it could have been a great story, but somehow it just went flat with a faint puff.None of the main characters are likeable, the evil ones are totally not scary, and it should have been half it's size. I am not very keen on knowing how desperate the dog was to go out for a walk, which will not lea...
What a fun story with magic and orphans and a splendidly evil puppet master-Grisini! The witch got on my nerves a bit but everything else was great.Summary: When Clara vanishes after the puppeteer Grisini and two orphaned assistants were at her twelfth birthday party, suspicion of kidnapping cha...
This book had an interesting premise. I found it kind of disappointing, though.The characters were dull, with no personalities. And there is no villain. Flory is able to defeat every single danger she comes across with ease and even becomes friends with some of them. There isn't much of a story. ...
Not my favorite. I didn't really connect with the fairy character. I found her a little cold-hearted, and not particularly identifiable. I liked the miniature world, I liked how she viewed daily things in an extraordinary way "giantess" and flower pedal clothes, etc. But over all, I found it s...
As a child, friends—years and years ago, dear God—I went through a period of time when I was absolutely obsessed with Houdini. I mean… seriously obsessed. Like, writing poems about his childhood obsessed. I won’t go into it too much due to the way it’s wildly embarrassing, but suffice to say that...
I have escaped! I have achieved the first stage of my emancipation! In a little while, I will go on to Baltimore — that’s the second stage of my journey — and from thence I will begin my new life. I have been through so many emotions today — such terrors and sorrows! such mounting hopes, such exq...