A review by pine_wulf
The Hotel Under the Sand by Kage Baker

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

3.0

Definitely reads like a kid's book. The characters are all given fun backstories, except for the main character, strangely enough. The story opens up with a metaphorical/literal storm the causes Emma to lose everything and that's all we learn about her past. The beginning is clearly meant to be metaphorical, but I didn't get that sense for the rest of the book. The rest is fun whimsiness. There isn't much of an ongoing plot. They find the hotel and decide to get it running, with a treasure hunt in the middle. It was a fun, quick read.