Book Review!

Just finished Brandon Mull's newest installment in the fantastic Fablehaven series, a delicious kid's fantasy series about Kendra and Seth, who grudgingly visit their grandparents and find out that actually live on and manage a preserve full of magical creatures called Fablehaven. I picked the first book in the series up on a whim back a few years ago, and I haven't regretted it for one instance.

These books really are magical, and full of all the light and dark magical creatures your heart could hope to draw up, meanwhile Kendra and Seth (and all the friends they make) are just wonderfully full characters and it's a blast to watch them explore and grow and learn things, and overall it's really just one of the best-written high fantasy stories I've even read. Brandon Mull manages to balance the whimsical and the frightening so effortlessly, and his stories teach a lot about courage, loyalty and honesty in the meantime. Plus, every book seems to be getting better and better! While this is marketed as a kid's book, I wholeheartedly recommend this whole series to anyone who enjoys a good fantasy, no matter what their ages. Don't be put off by the slightly-cartoonish looking illustrations, this is hardcore fantasy, ladies and gents, full of fairies and naiads and satyrs and demons galore. Seriously fun stuff.