A review by spookyreader
The Midnight Hour by Benjamin Read, Laura Trinder

3.0

I have a very divided opinion on this book. The beginning was slow, which I'm never a fan of, and I don't think works in a middle grade. 50 pages in and nothing had really happened yet and I wasn't enjoying it. The second half of the book was far better. The world building was rich and you really feel like you're in this world with Emily.

For the most part I liked the writing style, but I felt it was trying too hard at times to be 'youthful' and it just didn't work given it wasn't written in first person. I could have understood the word choices more if it had been.

Then there's the playing up to Irish stereotypes