Welcome to Litsy!

I am very lukewarm about this. I can't quite call it a pick; I read it all with mild enjoyment, but very mild. I remember liking Garth Nix's work more than this in the past, but... not this, apparently.

Continuing to now avoid a #BookSpinBingo as much as possible, I'm now reading The Tomb of Dragons, and then A Pirate's Life for Tea! Although my wife has badly sprained (possibly broken) their ankle, so... I may be quite busy in the days to come.

The full book doesn't seem to be in Litsy, but oh well, this'll do. So far, it's entertaining enough without me feeling enthusiastic about it?

I enjoyed this book. It‘s a compilation of 9 short stories I enjoyed the interaction between the 2 MC‘s! I‘d like a series of full length fantasy novels featuring these two. Fun idea! I don‘t feel these stories were written with being in a compilation in mind so they don‘t meld smoothly together but each taken on their own is great fun. The narrator was a good fit!!

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Loved the set up and the magical puppet, but some of the stories didn‘t work for me. Also, the group of stories didn‘t work well as a cohesive unit the way you expect in a short story collection, but I liked the book enough that would read a Full-size novel in this world.

I have tried a variety of Garth Nix works at various times in my life and... they're just not for me.