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The storyline was compelling and imaginative, the illustrations were wonderful.

Bethany, Ebenezer Tweezer & the Beast are back in another humorous tale. The Beast is reformed, or so it claims, & no longer wants to eat any & everything with a heartbeat. While Ebenezer believes the Beast & decides to teach it about do-gooding, Bethany has her doubts. She‘s convinced the Beast is not only still evil but also up to something nefarious. Love the story & the illustrations throughout & excited to see there will be another book.

After vanquishing the Beast—the creature that had kept Ebenezer Tweezer alive for 500 years thru means best not discussed here 😉—Bethany is ready to do good & she‘s going to make Ebenezer do the same to make up for everything. But the Beast isn‘t quite as gone as they think & it has plans of its own. Another fantastic story filled with humor, magic, danger, mayhem, do-gooding, friendship, & found family. A very entertaining middle grade series.

I am inordinately excited about today‘s book mail—books two and three in the fabulously funny, quirky, & downright spooky middle grade The Beast and the Bethany series as well as the sequel to Garth Nix‘s fantastic YA fantasy The Left-Handed Booksellers of London. I can‘t recommend these series highly enough. They‘re both excellent and I‘m beyond excited to continue both series…which I‘m going to do, right now.

I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new - don‘t judge me I have a lot of books.
Join the fun if you want. This is day 215.
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We absolutely had the best time reading this book! Roald Dahl meets Lemony Snicket. It was an absolute riot. Great read aloud for families or for independent readers ages 8-12.

This is the first of a new series for middle grade that I absolutely LOVED!! It has darker humor comparable to Lemony Snicket, very fun and funny. Pick this one up Dec 8th. Thank you to Simon & Schuster for the finished copy to review!!

A great middle grade book that kept me turning pages.

A mean man lives a great life feeding a beast which allows him to get anything he wants. Then one day, the beast asks for a child and the man goes on a hunt for a child. He finds a mean child that nobody likes and takes her on as a gift for the beast. Will he give up Bethany to the beast or will he learn to see a different side of her and himself?

On sale 12/08/2020
ARC from Simon&Schuster

😍😍😮😩 so many feels! 😱 “I really am terribly sorry about the inconvenience.”

Loving this book so far! A quick read that leaves me wanting more! I can't put it down!!

Thanks to Simon and Schuster for the ARC.

22 books (& who knows how many comics since I stopped counting them) in September. Heavy on middle grade ARCs—the tagged book likely my favorite. Other favorites this month include Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian, a delightful graphic novel, Maya and the Rising Dark, A Hopeful Heart, well-written & engaging MG biography of Alcott, Punching the Air, powerful YA book, & Night of the Mannequins by Jones, a fantastic, not for kids, horror novella.

Read the complete review of the book : https://bookbugworld.com/review-the-beast-and-the-bethany/

This book is an absolute delight & a great middle grade read. At the ripe old age of 511, Ebenezer Tweezer, who doesn‘t look a day over 20, has lived a long & fabulous life. But, he wants more so he continues to feed the monster in the attic who vomits up the magic elixir that a keeps Ebenezer young. Then, the monster asks for a child to eat & in comes Bethany. Will Ebenezer feed her to the monster or will she change everything? Out in December.