Young Llama Thoughts
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Adventurous
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Christian Friendly
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Easy Reading
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Humerous
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Youth Appropriate
Overall
Review
So… this book is… um… weird? It’s a clean book, kids 8 and up could totally read it. But it’s super boring and has like no plot…
This book is about Tess, a young girl and her brother staying with their aunt in a quiet town in England. Bored and looking for an adventure, Tess stumbles upon a castle full of mystery, magic and secrets…
This book was… interesting? Honestly y’all, it’s clean and kids could read it, but there was no plot or reason for the book! It was confusing and stupid and I didn’t like it one bit! There’s magic! But you have no idea what kind, possible ghosts or something. Also magic carnivals?…
Overall, I don’t suggest. Every now and then I read a totally clean book and don’t enjoy it. This was that book…. -The Young Llama Reader.
Pros
- A clean book for kids 8 and up
Cons
- No plot…
Tess and her brother, Max, are sent for the summer to their aunt’s sleepy village in the English countryside, where excitement is as rare as a good wifi signal.
So when Tess stumbles upon an old brass key that unlocks an ornately carved gate, attached to a strangely invisible wall, she jumps at the chance for adventure.
And the world beyond the gate doesn’t disappoint. She finds rose gardens, a maze made of hedges, and a boy named William who is just as lonely as she is.
But at William’s castle, strange things begin to happen.
Carnival games are paid for in wishes, dreams seem to come alive, and then there’s William’s eerie warning: Beware of the hawthorn trees. A warning that chills Tess to the bone.
