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A review by charkinzie
The Midnight Gardener by R.G. Thomas
3.0
Thaddeus Cane has just moved … again. He’s spent most of his life moving from one home to another. He loves his dad, Nathan, but the man doesn’t seem to be able to keep a job and it means that Thaddeus never gets to stay put for very long. This time the two of them have moved to a town called Superstition.
After a little while, Thaddeus spies another person about his age gardening at night. The garden is beautiful, filled with flowers and vines and Thaddeus loves to listen to the young gardener as he works. While spying – as quietly as he can – he encounters a much darker entity in the forest, and this sets a series of events in play that will have Thaddeus questioning everything.
This book reminded me of a fairy tale that had been re-written to be a young adult book. It captures the magical feeling of being able to believe in things that are a little magical and the day to day weight of responsibilities and commitment to family.
Thaddeus is a pretty typical kid. He’s trying to do his best to please his Dad, but he can sense there’s a lot going on that he doesn’t understand. When he meets Teofil – the midnight gardener – he begins to find out that there’s a lot he didn’t know about the world. As he falls for Teofil, he also has his eyes opened to what is around him.
This book did feel a little bit like it was simply the “set up” for the series. I did enjoy the “crush” between Thaddeus and Teofil. I also really enjoyed that the sexual orientation of the teens wasn’t an issue for the parents or guardians. They were just given the same rules that anyone else would have been given.
I was a little surprised that this book ended on a cliff-hanger…but you can rest assured that you won’t have to wait for the plot points to be resolved because the books have already been published.
After a little while, Thaddeus spies another person about his age gardening at night. The garden is beautiful, filled with flowers and vines and Thaddeus loves to listen to the young gardener as he works. While spying – as quietly as he can – he encounters a much darker entity in the forest, and this sets a series of events in play that will have Thaddeus questioning everything.
This book reminded me of a fairy tale that had been re-written to be a young adult book. It captures the magical feeling of being able to believe in things that are a little magical and the day to day weight of responsibilities and commitment to family.
Thaddeus is a pretty typical kid. He’s trying to do his best to please his Dad, but he can sense there’s a lot going on that he doesn’t understand. When he meets Teofil – the midnight gardener – he begins to find out that there’s a lot he didn’t know about the world. As he falls for Teofil, he also has his eyes opened to what is around him.
This book did feel a little bit like it was simply the “set up” for the series. I did enjoy the “crush” between Thaddeus and Teofil. I also really enjoyed that the sexual orientation of the teens wasn’t an issue for the parents or guardians. They were just given the same rules that anyone else would have been given.
I was a little surprised that this book ended on a cliff-hanger…but you can rest assured that you won’t have to wait for the plot points to be resolved because the books have already been published.