Book Review for "Reckless"

Author: Cornelia Funke
Reckless is a book full of mystery, terror, and twisted romance...
It all starts when Jacob Reckless finds and enchanted mirror in his fathers abandoned study.  He travels to a land called Mirrorworld, where mysterious, dangerous, and terrifying creatures, dwell.  His brother, Will, follows him and and gets bit by a Goyl, a rock human type thing, that will turn him into the raging creature itself.  The girl he loves will have her heart broken, if he isn't cured, and if that's not enough and doesn't lose his mind first, will Jacob fall for her and her for him?   Jacob feels that it is his fault and that he should try and find the cure to the painful transformation that is taking over his brother.  They travel far and wide all over the treacherous country.  When they discover that they have to take down the most powerful person in the kingdom, and they need to get help from the two most devious, things get tricky and sticky.  What I like about this story is that it combines a couple of famous fairy tales and gives reference to them.  There are many others characters involved but it would take forever to tell you all of them.  Some of the characters involve faeries, drawfs, thumblings barkbiters, and even witches.  Unfortunately, even though the story is very good, there are a lot of things that I don't like, the unfinished elements and questioning aspects.  It left me hanging so I hope the author will write another book.  Overall, it was a good story but I felt that it could be even better!
Next Book Review Clue: The Safe-Keepers Secret

Book Review for "The Lost Island of Tamarind"

The author of this book is Nadia Aguiar.
All Maya wanted was to live on land, go to regular school, and have regular friends.  But instead she lives aboard the Pamela Jane with her marine scientists parents, brother, and sister.  And she has no idea that soon her life will thrown into chaos and havoc.
Maya, Simon, and Penny are left alone on the Pamela Jane after their parents are cast overboard during a violent storm.  In a desperate attempt to rescue their parents, the children sail the ship in the wrong direction.  They wash up on a mysterious and foreboding island, and soon find that everything is not what it appears to be. The killer vines, jaguars, pirates, mermaids, soldiers, the child stealer, the cloud forest, a mysterious, dangerous, and handsome boy, a beautiful glowing jewelish rock, and more, all take part in this wonderful and COLORFUL story, I had an amazing time just imagining all the scenery and views.  The one thing that I did not like, but also loved, (I know, I'm confusing), was that the story kind of went everywhere and anywhere, it was just one wild ride after the next! The author did a really good job on making you see through Maya's eyes, and what it was like for her taking care of her brother and sister, such responsibility!  The ending was unclear so hopefully the author will make another book soon!  This is a truly action-packed book that I could read over and over.
Next book review clue: Reckless