Book Review: The Boy Who Steals Houses

Here we are with the review. I said a while back that I was going to do a review on The Boy Who Steals Houses. It should be spoiler free.

Hope you find this review helpful! 

Sam is a young boy wondering the streets. Stealing to survive. Trying to take care of his brother, trying to find a home or steal one. His past is bound to catch up with him and it my hurt all his chances of finding a home. 

The good things

First of all I can say I like the way this book reads, even although it is in present tense which I normal don't like. I like the description and the characters very much (even if I dislike some of them for a while.) Sam is so precious. The story is so sad and so real. The ending was awesome. This is hard to put into words.... The theme is good.

The bad things

What can I say? This book would have been perfect is not for a few things. First of all the language, just no. Ever single page seemed to have some bad word. It just isn't necessary. I also didn't like the mention of a boy having and ex-boyfriend. It is not looked on as a bad thing either, more like that was just normal. It is not normal. Than there are some kissing and other uncomfortable stuff that did not have to be in the book. Some times I was like OK and other times I was like no! Not needed.

Conclusion

I enjoyed this book. I have been busy so finding time to read was hard, but I got it read. It made me a little sad and a little angry. It is such a complex book. I love the family Sam meets although they could be nicer to each other, some things where a little harsh. I think it should be for readers 15 and up.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 stars.

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Book Review: Bella at Midnight

This fairy tale was an AWESOME read! I bought this from a thrift store a while ago. It had been siting in my bookshelf for sometime and I decided to read it. I am so happy I got this book it was worth the read!

This is a very enjoyable read. There are very many different character narrating this book making the read interesting. There is a little bit of magic, but the story has such a realistic feel to it.


The review

A baby is born the mother dies. The father doesn't want her. Isabel is taken to live with peasants. There is a war going on in the kingdom. A young prince is fond of Isabel and the peasant family. A prophecy of peace. A girl with a magical ring. Deception that could destroy the treaty.

The good things

This book is full of good things! What I really like about this story is how realistic it is. The story is very different, even though it had a few Cinderella type parts woven in. The end was very surprising. I love Bella she is such a great character, stubborn, brave, and clever! I like Julian too he is so fun; he is the type of guy character I like. No one is perfect but they make the right choices in the end. I was never board. I liked the whole entire story!

The bad things

What can I complain about? This had everything you want in a good story. Some parts did seem off from the story, but it gave you a broader view of why the characters did what they did. Oh and I didn't like Bella's real father, so mean.

In conclusion

If you like easy to read fairy tales that have a deep meaning to them, try this book out. It won't disappoint.

Five Stars  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Book Review: Young Sherlock // Night Break

The 8th book and so far the last in the Young Sherlock Series by Andrew Lane. If you have not read the first ones I recommend you read them!!!

So I finally got around to reading Night Break. I fully enjoyed it and wanted to do a review about it. It is a excellent mystery although not much came as a surprise to me like some of the previous books.


The Review

Sherlock is visited by his brother and he brings bad news. Sherlock, Mycroft, and Matty, quickly head off to the Holmes estate were things soon get strange. Masked men break into the house. They are chased away, but Sherlock wonders what they were looking for. They didn't steal any valuables. When they got to see their sisters suitor more strange things happen. A letter is discovered that tell of a sabotage. Can Sherlock stop it?



The Good things

This one has got to be one of my favorites it was very interesting! I liked to be able to learn more about Sherlock's sister and really liked James Phillimore. The story is fast pace and I had a lot of fun guessing what was going to happen. I was right one time, spot on. The other times I think I had more of a conspiracy thought up than the writer did. *shrugs*
Sherlock learned to sward fight in this one, which was awesome you could really learn something about it form Lane's descriptions. I love to learn things from books!!
This book was published in England so the editing is slightly different than American books, I think that is cool!


The bad things

There were not too many bad things about this book. The beginning of the book is interesting though it kinda gave a little away, but also made things mysterious. I also wished to know if Sherlock's sister was going to get married, Lane never really settled that part. This is also the supposed last book. He might write more but it could be a while. It seemed like a good ending yet somethings were left hanging.

Over all I enjoyed this book and all the rest of the series! I want to read some other books Andrew Lane has written; they should be good as well. I also need to read some of the original stories of Sherlock Homes.
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Five Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Book Review: The Giant Killer

This was the first book I finished this year. I haven't had a lot of time to read but this one I went though in a few days. I  loved it! It is a rare book, I first heard the audio drama.. Which is epic! if you have ever heard of Lamplighter Theater you know they have great dramas and awesome stories.

It took me a while to find this book. I got the book on on amazon. Not form Lamplighter because the books are expensive. And I really don't want to spend twenty doors. This is a cheep version with typos but it didn't mater it was such a neat story.

The Review

This is about a battle, this is an allegory, this is about children and a story that changes how they look at themselves. A internal war that they take to the heart and it changes everything.

The Good things

I love most everything about this story; it's so inspiring. There are illustrations through out the book. I always love illustrations in books, I wish there where more books with illustrations.

The real life mood to it all. The children are sweet and so real; what we all do when we do not like all someone else or have a problem. Even maybe with our siblings. This fight is real and this book brings it to light.

The other part of this story is about Knight Fides who must battle the giants of Hate, Selfishness, and more. He must battle these giants for the King on his journey. When his fight is complete he will go to the city Beautiful. It  is all very interesting!


The Bad things

I can't really that there is too many bad things about this story. Besides typos. This old book written in the 1830's is very easy to read. Some parts where slow and I wished there was more about Fides and his battles. There is a second book called The Battle so maybe there will be some more giants in the next one.

The author Charlotte Maria Tucker wrote under the pseudonym AOLE (a Lady of England).

So you might find her stories under either name. 

 Five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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