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A review by jenniferntremblay
Flight of the Griffons by Kate Inglis
5.0
I won a free copy of Flight of the Griffons by Kate Inglis and Illustrated by Sydney Smith in a Goodreads First Reads Giveaway. Thank you!
If I could have, I would have finished this novel in one sitting. Unfortunately life doesn't always allow for those kinds of things. So I had to put up with only having time to read this in the morning before tearing myself away to get ready for work.
Now that I've read Flight of the Griffons, I’m going to go down to our locally owned book shop and ask them to order in book one of this series, The Dread Crew: Pirates of the Backwoods. I know, I know. I read the second book in the series first, not really something you are supposed to do. But you know what? Flight of the Griffons was well really written. I jumped into a series halfway through, and I wasn't lost by all of the characters and past events. Kate Inglis does a wonderful job giving us little hints of the first book without it being blatantly obvious that she’s doing a recap. Brilliant!
So I know I've already said it, but I truly enjoyed this book. So much so that Flight of the Griffons has earned a place on my shelf next to the Harry Potter series. Which reminds me, when I go downtown to order The Dread Crew: Pirates of the Backwoods, I’m going to recommend this series to the manager. I think she’d like them.
I was tickled to read about these wonderful pirates creating delightful havoc in familiar places and doing things that I would love to be doing myself. Especially the Griffons, if I had the chance, I would want to be a part of their crew.
I haven’t said much about the storyline because I don’t want to give away anything. This review is spoiler free!
I am definitely going to recommending Flight of the Griffons to friends and family.
(This has nothing to do with the story itself, but I was very excited to find out that the illustrator graduated from NSCAD University, Halifax which is exactly where I went to post-secondary!)
Last note I promise – I love the illustrations! Especially The Griffons Roster in the front.
If I could have, I would have finished this novel in one sitting. Unfortunately life doesn't always allow for those kinds of things. So I had to put up with only having time to read this in the morning before tearing myself away to get ready for work.
Now that I've read Flight of the Griffons, I’m going to go down to our locally owned book shop and ask them to order in book one of this series, The Dread Crew: Pirates of the Backwoods. I know, I know. I read the second book in the series first, not really something you are supposed to do. But you know what? Flight of the Griffons was well really written. I jumped into a series halfway through, and I wasn't lost by all of the characters and past events. Kate Inglis does a wonderful job giving us little hints of the first book without it being blatantly obvious that she’s doing a recap. Brilliant!
So I know I've already said it, but I truly enjoyed this book. So much so that Flight of the Griffons has earned a place on my shelf next to the Harry Potter series. Which reminds me, when I go downtown to order The Dread Crew: Pirates of the Backwoods, I’m going to recommend this series to the manager. I think she’d like them.
I was tickled to read about these wonderful pirates creating delightful havoc in familiar places and doing things that I would love to be doing myself. Especially the Griffons, if I had the chance, I would want to be a part of their crew.
I haven’t said much about the storyline because I don’t want to give away anything. This review is spoiler free!
I am definitely going to recommending Flight of the Griffons to friends and family.
(This has nothing to do with the story itself, but I was very excited to find out that the illustrator graduated from NSCAD University, Halifax which is exactly where I went to post-secondary!)
Last note I promise – I love the illustrations! Especially The Griffons Roster in the front.