Reviewer Amy Lignor: Amy is the author of a historical fiction novel entitled The Heart of a Legend, and Mind Made, a work of science fiction. Presently, she is writing an adventure series set in the New York Public Library, as well as a teen fiction series, The Angel Chronicles. She is an avid traveler and has been fortunate to have journeyed across the USA, where she has met the most amazing people, who truly bring life and soul to her books. She lives in the Land of Enchantment (for now) with her gorgeous daughter, Shelby, her wonderful Mom, Mary, and the greatest friend and critic in the entire world - her dog, Reuben
Author: David Michael Slater
ISBN:
978-1-933767-03-1
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The first two books in this series
“Had me at Hello.” However, the most intriguing and
wonderfully exciting part about that statement is the fact that the
third book in this series…is even BETTER. When you review a
great deal of books, you sit down in an easy chair to begin, and you
only get through a few chapters before life intervenes once again
(kid screaming, dog barking, cell phone ringing, etc.). It is
very rare to sit down with book in hand and not bother with anything
or anybody until you’ve turned the last page. That’s what
happened last night, folks. Couldn’t put it down!
To
bring you up to speed, this series focuses on the Wax twins – Dex
and Daphna. Let’s just say that through finding the Book of
Nonsense and then the Book of Knowledge, and getting wrapped up in a
story that’s as big as Adam and Eve…they were happy to have had a
year off. When we meet up with them in this third volume, they
are very excited about their new bookstore opening the next day
called Paradise Bookshop. They’ve been living with Evelyn –
their guardian, best friend, and a woman who has lived an EXTREMELY
long time. They’ve been going to school, working on the grand
opening of the shop and, basically, feeling about as normal as
they’ve been able to feel in a long time. They have heard of
the somewhat violent break-ins in libraries and research centers
outside of the United States, but they’ve been trying not to think
about it. They are simply living a quiet, peaceful life and
they want it to stay that way.
Unfortunately, peace was
never a staple in these children’s lives. As they look out
the window of the shop and watch a man dressed as a monk hurrying
through the streets and directly at them, the kids can feel the well
of dread, panic, and fear begin to expand in their souls. As
the frightened man runs in, tells the kids to hide, and proceeds to
race out of the store and be attacked by a white-robed apparition,
the small amount of peace that Dex and Daphna had shatters.
Soon, their beloved Evelyn is being rushed to the hospital with some
form of ancient disease; and between a steel knife, strange winds,
disappearing monks, men who wear animal masks, and an eccentric
billionaire, Dex and Daphna are thrown into yet another adventure
that centers around the great mystery of the Book of Maps.
Not
only is this story extremely well-written, but the twins are great
characters. They’re not the “perfect” hero and heroine
that so many writers create. Dex and Daphna have very real
issues and hardships in their lives – from physical anomalies to
mental idiosyncrasies. They’re also a “team” that you
will cheer for in every book. What’s the only downside?
The book was over, I turned the last page, and I still wanted more.
My only request is that David Michael Slater put his nose to the
grindstone and crank out the next one so I can have this much fun
again.
As always, I want to tell each and every one of
you every aspect of this story because it was SO good! But I’m
not going to tell you because it was SO good that you have to go out
and get this series. This is a perfect Christmas gift for
children and young adults in your household. I’m telling you,
the amount of “buzz” that’s building around this series is
getting “louder” and “louder,” and I’m telling you now…jump
on board this train. You’ll be extremely happy that you
did.
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