ATTENTION: ONCE UPON A TIME FANS

Have you ever wanted to dive into a book of fairy tales? Follow Sarah as she gets pulled into the fantasy world of Treasure Island and Peter Pan's London. Then read on as she gets trapped in Pan's lair. His shadow is approaching her to steal her life source when Captain Hook jumps in and saves the day. She is taken to a camp where she embarks on a journey to defeat Pan and the Dark One (Long John Silver this time, not Rumple). Will she save herself, her friends, and her long lost mother along with practically every other story book character? Yes, she's the hero of this story. Who else could in this crazy world filled with fairy tale characters ripped away from their families and lives? If you love OUAT, and are interested in a fun fan fiction story, this is novel for you. ( )

What happens when the stories we thought were make-believe are made real? That question is answered in the novel, Lost Words, written by Kevin Peake.

The story opens with young Sarah, a 13-year old girl whose mother died when she was young. Her father has never recovered from the loss of his wife, so Sarah's home is a sad one. The way that Sarah copes with her life is through reading. ...more ( )

I received a free copy of this book from Librarything and the author in a giveaway. I really had not idea what to expect from this book. The concept from reading the blurb about the book seemed to be a cute one. A young girl, her mother dead and father with little to no time to give to her, so she spends her spare time at the library. Who could get into any trouble there, until the day she opens a book and disappears into the pages of the book. She is drawn into the stories, yet its not the stories that we all know and love. There are so many didnt characters in the storyline that it is very hard to keep up with them all. This was a really hard book for me to get into. It was well written, and shows the author has quite the imagination, I am sure that lots of people would enjoy reading this book. ( )

This was definitely a cute story, but there were a few places it seemed to be lacking. I absolutely loved the premise, found it to be a nice twist on the standard method of having characters end up in stories. I also liked the idea that characters in a book could be completely different when not seen through the writers/readers eyes. I could see this being a good read for the young adult audience, not sure if that was what was intended. I would personally have preferred a bit more detail and character development for my tastes, and the climax felt a bit anti-climactic. Additionally there was a lot of swapping between past and present tense, which I found to be a bit jarring. ( )