"The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding", Alexandra Bracken's first middle-grade novel! After her successful "The Darkest Minds" trilogy and the "Passenger", she comes with her first middle-grade series. It isn't known yet how many books there will be in this series exactly, but I'm so excited for it. Here's my review for the first installment.
The plot
The story was great! It wasn't too fast or too slow, it moved at just the right pace. I loved the plot itself. The book is about a twelve-year-old boy who just can't find some luck. Then he finds out that, due to an old family curse, there is a literal demon living inside of him. And then things get interesting...
The characters
The characters were enjoyable, but we didn't go into much dept. It's still a middle-grade novel so that's not that weird. I found all the characters enjoyable and even the 'evil' ones had an interesting story and I'm excited to see what's going to happen. 'Cause not everything is as black and white as it may seem.
The writing
Bracken writes in a very enjoyable way. It's middle-grade so it's very easy to read. I flew through it, but it wasn't too easy. It was easy writing, but it was not too easy. If you know what I mean. It was still enjoyable as a nineteen-year-old.
Overall rating
Five out of five stars! Great read!
