Brian Farrey
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- USA
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- Minnesota, USA
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This was a great, middle-grade fantasy novel. I love the adventure you are taken on as Alphonsus tries to figure out where he came from and why he has a clock for a heart. Esme is great; her character has so many layers. I loved the inclusion of German words, I think it will encourage kids to ask google translate what they are and how to say them and will open them up to a language they may not have any experience with yet.
Note: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
Ugh. The end was a bit a lot anti-climatic.
(Granted, I felt the same way at the end of [b:The Song of the Lioness Quartet|492490|The Song of the Lioness Quartet (Song of the Lioness, #1-4)|Tamora Pierce|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1391833339s/492490.jpg|1142850], so maybe it's my sense of over-dramatic speaking)
Even so, the ending was just perfect - I could totally relate.
So.
After the disaster that was a slap to the face from the first book.
After the wonderful best-of-the-lot second book.
This was a good ending to the story. Mind you, good. NOT excellent. Which - auch, too bad.
The important thing you need to know: This WAS NOT the time wasted.
And the time not wasted is the time well spent.
Therefore I would recommend this series.
(gods do I love Grimjinxes, gods do I love them)
… (meer)
(Granted, I felt the same way at the end of [b:The Song of the Lioness Quartet|492490|The Song of the Lioness Quartet (Song of the Lioness, #1-4)|Tamora Pierce|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1391833339s/492490.jpg|1142850], so maybe it's my sense of over-dramatic speaking)
Even so, the ending was just perfect - I could totally relate.
So.
After the disaster that was a slap to the face from the first book.
After the wonderful best-of-the-lot second book.
This was a good ending to the story. Mind you, good. NOT excellent. Which - auch, too bad.
The important thing you need to know: This WAS NOT the time wasted.
And the time not wasted is the time well spent.
Therefore I would recommend this series.
(gods do I love Grimjinxes, gods do I love them)
… (meer)
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This is about a Prince with a clock for his heart and how he's trying to figure out what that means or how to deal with it and a statue of a maiden that helps him and Esme, who is on a mission searching for a sorceress. The bigger picture with this story is about loving and accepting yourself and others and learning how to have compassion and help others too. This is an uplifting Middle Grade read with some great twists and very imaginative and one of a kind in its telling. It does also have some darker topics in it that it touches on such as death/loss of a loved one/grief. There is also a little bit of violence and war and such so it's the kind of book that would likely be best to be read with a child or before letting them read it.
It has a good message and is enjoyable to read and think about as it is also thought-provoking. Thank you to NetGalley and Algonquin Young Readers for letting me read and review this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.… (meer)