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A review by juliaherkel
Story Thieves by James Riley
5.0
WOW OH WOW. I LOVE JAMES RILEY. I read his trilogy of Half Upon a Time yeaaaaarrrrrssssss ago, and loved them; I've decided to ask for those for Christmas, as well as the rest of the books in this series.
I read Story Thieves years ago as well, but at the time I was too young to understand it all. I received the book for my birthday and decided to read it.
*squealing*
CONS OF STORY THIEVES
Only con I can think of: Bethany shrieked a lot at the beginning of the book, which annoyed me.
PROS OF STORY THIEVES:
*rubs hands* Where to begin?
THE COVER. IS. GLORIOUS! Drink in the beautiful sight that now resides on my shelf. I can't wait for the rest of them to also make a home there.
OWEN IS HILARIOUS. I loved reading his POV. It got a lot more serious closer to the end, but the beginning was epic. (Here, I'll try to quote him from memory: "And then everything exploded into fire, and chaos, and awesome.")
KEIL IS AS WELL. And all the winking is awesome. (Quotes from memory: "But I mean, if you want to help, you can as well!" "Be more FICTIONAL!")
Charm getting emotional close to the end of the book.
A magical book with a mind of its own. (And honestly, a zombie spell book terrified me more than a zombie robot and First Magician.)
OVERALL:
EPIC.
GLORIOUS.
HILARIOUS.
This book explored the thing that every reader wanted: to go into a book. To meet their favorite fictional character. To BE them. To live the book. Even though most of our favorite characters die.
It took that idea that is dear to every readers' heart, and made it into something they'll adore. 10000003/5 stars. LOVE IT.
I read Story Thieves years ago as well, but at the time I was too young to understand it all. I received the book for my birthday and decided to read it.
*squealing*
CONS OF STORY THIEVES
Only con I can think of: Bethany shrieked a lot at the beginning of the book, which annoyed me.
PROS OF STORY THIEVES:
*rubs hands* Where to begin?
THE COVER. IS. GLORIOUS! Drink in the beautiful sight that now resides on my shelf. I can't wait for the rest of them to also make a home there.
OWEN IS HILARIOUS. I loved reading his POV. It got a lot more serious closer to the end, but the beginning was epic. (Here, I'll try to quote him from memory: "And then everything exploded into fire, and chaos, and awesome.")
KEIL IS AS WELL. And all the winking is awesome. (Quotes from memory: "But I mean, if you want to help, you can as well!" "Be more FICTIONAL!")
Charm getting emotional close to the end of the book.
A magical book with a mind of its own. (And honestly, a zombie spell book terrified me more than a zombie robot and First Magician.)
OVERALL:
EPIC.
GLORIOUS.
HILARIOUS.
This book explored the thing that every reader wanted: to go into a book. To meet their favorite fictional character. To BE them. To live the book. Even though most of our favorite characters die.
It took that idea that is dear to every readers' heart, and made it into something they'll adore. 10000003/5 stars. LOVE IT.