![]() ![]() He's a cruel master and things are not going well. He's opened a pit to Nothing so that he can copy great works of art and sell them to the other Days. It wasn't as initially gripping as the first one was, but once the story picked up, I liked it.Īrthur thinks he can just go home and rest when he's done with Mister Monday, but once Tuesday hits he's faced with a whole new challenge! Grim Tuesday is the wielder of the Second Key and a cruel slave-driver. It took a little while for me to get into it. I finished the second book in The Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix last night. I'm reading this with my high school book group in January so we'll see what they say. And there are some references to certain, um, acts, that I hope middle schoolers don't know. Although middle schoolers are getting just as cliquey as high schoolers, and they are definitely into boys, it just reads more like a high school book. I think high school girls will appreciate the story more-they have more of a history with boys than middle school girls. and I think it was more a problem with my mommy brain than with the writing. ![]() There were a couple of times when I was confused as to what was happening when, but no more confused than when I talk to real teenage girls. Roo is a likeable character, even with her faults. Her best friend is right that she was not meant to be with her "perfect boyfriend" (I thought his unique valentine's gift-half a carnation-was nice, but Roo wanted the everyday roses and didn't see the value in being different) but that doesn't mean her best friend should go out with him! What kind of a friend is that? Roo is not the nicest to her friends either-she snubs the only friends who really appreciate her. At times she is shallow and self-centered, and other times she really is the victim of her cruel peers. Ruby (Roo) is a funny typical boy-obsessed teenage girl. She comes up with a list of all her boyfriends, even the ones that were imagined and unofficial and crushes from afar. Trying to figure out what went wrong, Ruby starts therapy and comes up with the reason: boys. On My Nightstand: Girls Dinner Club-Jessie Elliotįifteen year old Ruby has everything going for her, a group of best friends, a perfect boyfriend, interesting albeit annoying parents, and then she loses it all (except the parents) and has panic attacks instead. I can't wait for the rest of this series! Arthur is a very likeable character (did I say that last time?). There's a lot of depth that older readers will appreciate. There's the familiar story of a boy who has been chosen to save the world when all he wants is to be left alone, but there's so much more to it. This is a great adventure series that should appeal to loads of people. Arthur must defeat the pirate, rescue Leaf, confront Drowned Wednesday, find the Third Part of the Will, get the Third Key, and save a whole bunch of lives before Wednesday is over. He manages to get picked up by a salvage ship, but not before disturbing some buried treasure and being marked with "the red hand" so he can't escape the wrath of the pirate who "owns" the treasure. Leaf is picked up by the ship meant for Arthur, but Arthur is stranded on his hospital bed. Just when he decides not to wait for Wednesday's transportation and to do something instead of be vulnerable, his hospital room is flooded and he and Leaf are transported to a huge sea. Arthur is at the hospital recupperating from a broken leg and telling Leaf all about his crazy adventures in the House when he decides to be proactive, return to the House and deal with Wednesday instead of waiting for her (she had already sent him an invitation to lunch that he couldn't refuse and claimed that transportation was arranged). ![]() I devoured Drowned Wednesday in just a couple of days. However, a serious rivalry is brewing in Fortezza and Laura finds her loyalties dangerously divided when she finds the Stravaganti working to support Princess Lucia's claim to the throne against Ludo's faction, which seeks to overthrow Lucia and allow Ludo to take the Fortezzan crown.Oh Garth Nix, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways.ġ. But Laura also meets the charming and attractive Ludo, and falls for him. ![]() When she finds a mysterious silver sword, it acts as her talisman and transports her to Fortezza, where she meets the swordsmith Fabio. Desperately unhappy, Laura has resorted to secretly self-harming. ![]()
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