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Book: The Monster Who Wasn't Author: T.C. Shelley Genre: Children's, Fantasy, Adventure Published By: Bloomsbury Published Year: 2019 My Review: Having noticed this in a book shop I decided to go to my local library and reserve a copy in order to read it. Luckily it arrived rather quickly for me so I was able to start reading this a lot sooner than I had planned and as a result decided to also give it a review. The book is about a child who is born in the underworld however is born with not only the last sigh from the man dying but also a babies laughter which makes the monster come across more human. Trying to stay hidden from the troll king who is trying to use the child he is trying to keep hidden but also finding out about family and maybe he just isn't a monster at all. I thought that The Monster Who Wasn't was well written and made me want to know more about it right from the start, by having the gargoyles as creatures who accept the child for who he...

Book: Cogheart Author: Peter Bunzl Genre: Fantasy, Steampunk, Children's Published By: Usborne Published Year: 2016 My Review: Having received a copy from Netgalley in return for an honest review I was happy to have been able to give this a read. The book captured me with it's blurb and with it's beautiful cover. Cogheart is about a girl who is told that her father has gone missing and  everyone thinks that he is dead over a machine called Cogheart. Not knowing anything about this but with the police trying to capture her and having killed in the past in order to get their hands on it will Lily be able to get herself to safety and find out the truth about the Cogheart and what happened to her father? I don't usually read steampunk novels so I was excited to read into a genre in which I am not used to. I thought by also having it as an adventure book that this would keep me really engaged with the book and have me unable to put it down. However although thi...

Book: Flood and Fang Author: Marcus Sedgwick Genre: Children's, Fantasy, Gothic Published By: Orion Children's Books Published Year: 2009 Having read others in the series for The Raven Mysteries by Marcus Sedgwick I thought I would read the first book in the series for the first time and I am glad that I did. This book is perfect for children and one that I enjoyed reading. This book coming from the ravens perspective instead of from a human is a great way of changing the way this book is written compared to others of it's kind. Having it also more of a gothic read is great and appeals to children who are looking for something a little darker than other stories. I do find the mystery is great and not having the answer till the end of the book keeps the attention of the reader and makes them want to carry on reading to see what happens next also by adding suspense it created a need to continue the novel. Also by having short chapters it is easy to only have smal...

Book: Ghosts and Gadgets Author: Marcus Sedwick Genre: Children's, Fantasy, Gothic Published By: Orion Published Year: 2009 My Review: Having had the third book in this series of Raven Mysteries I decided to have a look at my local library for the first two books, unfortunately I couldn't see the first one but I did come across the second one which was Ghosts and Gadgets . This is a great book in which is about servants who are working at the castle are dying due to seeing ghosts and although the family are running out of money they make a machine which will detect gold in order to try and find the hidden treasure within the castle. However, are the ghosts everything that they seem to be? I loved that this book was told from the raven's point of view of the story and although the characters within the story were not able to understand him he was a valuable part of the story. I thought that the twist at the end of the story with the ghosts having had been accomp...

The Haunted Mask by R.L. Stine is the forth book in the Goosebumps series. This book will not only leave you scared but also make you laugh and not want to put the book down! Not only that but the way the book ends will make you come back begging for more! This book is about a girl who gets scared very easily and as a result people take advantage of this and make her a laughing stock including her friends, however she gets tired of this and decides to take matters into her own hands and gets the scariest mask she can find. However, when the mask starts to take over what will happen to her and will she ever get back to normal? Personally The Haunted Mask is one of my favourite Goosebumps books and even though I am now an adult leaves me scared and makes me laugh. I think this is a great thing for a children's book as it shows that R.L. Stine has a talent for writing horror books for children. I feel that the main character in this book is also very relatable with her friends...

Goosebumps: Attack of the Graveyard Ghouls is the eleventh book in the Goosebumps series and one that will leave you constantly wondering what happens next. With small chapters throughout the book and ones that always end on a cliffhanger you are constantly engaged in the novel and don't want to put the book down. This book is about a little boy who on a school trip by accident knocks over the grave of two brothers who are desperate to have a body and cause havoc in their wake. As this happens a little boy named Spencer must go on an adventure and try and get his body back while also having the difficulty of only being able to travel by jumping into someone else's body. As a goosebumps fan this was an amazing read that is very easy and one that made me excited to read more of the Goosebumps series. I would highly recommend this to children and adults alike who would like a good read and one that you wont want to put down while also being a horror.