Ender's Shadow

WOW! And I thought no book could compare to "Ender's Game"! This meandering storyline made me stay up late at night to read it. "Ender's Shadow" is a companion novel to "Ender's Game". It takes place at the same place and time, but it is in the perspective of Ender's right hand man, Bean. This short boy was named after his size. But it was definately not named after his intelligence. He is probably the second or maybe the smartest kid at Training School, and when he enters Ender's (Dragon) army. With Ender and Bean on the same army they blow up the scoreboards leaving every other army in the dust. Together they take on challenges, but can they save humanity?

What I Liked About It:

Like "Ender's Game" the kids are amazing. They may be 10 but they act and talk like they're a college professor. Also it amazes me how much humanity and the teachers at the school rely on these 7-12 year olds!

What I Didn't Like About It:

I really liked everything about this book but i guess i might be able to think of something...OH YEAH! The only thing I don't like about this book is Graff. He is a very important character in the book but I really don't like him as a character.

Fablehaven Five: Keys to the Demon Prison

With everything else going on, the Sphinx is on the loose and the Serenson crew doesn't know what to do. In the first book we meet the Sphinx as a wise, helpful leader, (Like Dumbledor) but as the stories go on the readers never really know what side he's on (Like Snape). Society of the Evening Star or The Knights of Dawn. As you learn in The fourth book, The Sphinx has control over the "All Seeing Eye," a powerful object that lets you see anywhere, anytime. But only a select few can actually use it. Luckily the Sphinx can't. In all of the secret preserves a secret item was placed years before in a place that no one knows. That's why the "All Seeing Eye" is important. In the last book of the Fablehaven series, the last secret item is up for grabs. And the final item may be the most important of them all. An amazing finale to series!

What I like:

Action, action, action. This series finale is full of it. Left and right, Kendra, Seth, Tanu, Warren, Grandma, Grangpa, and many others have to get of some sticky situations. In one part they travel to a preserve and they have to fight all these amazing mythotical creatures. SO AWESOME!

What I don't like:

In the beginning of the book Brandon Mull came up dry. Or maybe I just couldn't wait for them to fight Dragons, Demons, and everything in between,

Fablehaven Four: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary

This series never seems to disappoint me. Brandon Mull always knows how to keep me up late at night, wondering what's going to happen next. Without giving too much of the story away, I will tell you what the story line is. Kendra and Seth (brother and sister) return back to Fablehaven. But this time Grandpa and Grandma need them back. So lying to their parents, they escape. But, Kendra gets pricked by an EXTREMELY rare speices, a stingbulb. When one gets pricked by a stingbulb, the astonishing fruit creates an identical clone of the human it pricked. So, after Kendra mistakenlt gets pricked, the clone takes place of Kendra. Not to worry though, the clone only lives for a day or two. But while the look-a-like was living with Seth and everyone, she didn't act like Kendra. You see, the stingbulbs cloning abbilities can only do so much. The appearance of the clone is pin-point accurate, but the way it acts, not so much. The Serenson group eventually figures it out and all ends well...sort of. They have to steal many things, and sneak around places they shouldn't. Overall this book is a great read.

What I like about it:

I absolutely loved the fast pace of the book. Even though it is over 500 pages it go so fast that you can never tell when the climax is. It is the fourth book in the 5 book series so their should be good character developement, and there is. There are only few places in the book where I can predict what the Serenson kids are going to do.

What I didn't like about it:

Like I said earlier, the main characters have great personalities, but the other characters not so much. I found myself really only interested in a few of the other characters in the story. There was always things going in the story but, especially in this book there really wasn't that much action, compared with the other books.