A review by hellisreads
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

This book is well-paced within itself yet I have never found an author whose work I devoured as quickly or easily as Derek Landy. You just get sucked stupid style into his story and it is so instantly digestible and pleasant (pun unintended) that you blink and it's gone. There are some sections wherein it shows its age, or the characters are just a little bit too witty and clever with overlapping dictions, but that's my Adult Eye on a Kid's Book talking. Give this to all your kids to make them like reading.