A review by hoosgracie
Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact by A.J. Hartley

3.0

This book is trying desperately to be like Harry Potter to the point that the main character is an orphan with one friend who's a boy and one who's a know-it-all girl. Unfortunately, at least for the first half of the book, the girl is so obnoxious that it's distracting. The concept is OK - Darwen moves from northern England to Atlanta after his parents die. When he visits the mall with his aunt (guardian) he finds a mirror shop, which turns out to have magic mirrors that are windows to another world. When he is given one of the mirrors his adventure begins. [return][return]Unfortunately, the character development is weak and I didn't like that nearly every single person (teacher and student) at his school is cruel - not just mean, cruel. The book did get better as it went along, but I would hesitate to recommend this.