This was an inspirational and motivating book.

We love reading the couch potato together!

Words: 25,711 (unfinished). It was fun to read. It was ok.

This book is just as fantastic as you would expect from a Harry Potter book!

This book is great for family vegan night recipes!

When I first started reading this book, I got very strong Night Circus vibes. I love that book so I was eager to see how this one would go with the mysterious Theatre District where the Show has been going on for centuries, and how Juliet goes on an adventure there to find the truth about her mother, father, and own past that she can't quite remember. Sadly, among the magic of the Show, there is also darkness and shadows. It was very intriguing, especially when Juliet got to the Theatre area and met the Followers that help her find the answers about the Moonshine Girl and other performers that were larger than life and lived in the hidden side. I liked all the searching for secrets and hidden doors to the stage in the district. Add in a murderer who may or may not be killing girls that mysteriously turn up alive again, and it was a good story. The ending was a bit rushed with all the revelations of what was going on with the deaths and Director and Juliet's past. I think I would have enjoyed more in depth history of the Theatre District and the deals made so long ago. I want to know if there is really a bit of magic involved or if it was all illusions and dark secrets.

My kids love paw potrol books

Great series

Very much enjoyed this 1st of a 9 book series. QUALMS: > a young lady opens a door for her gentleman caller, "wearing only thin panties and a man's gray undershirt." Not sure what would describe female leisure-wear in the late 1800's, but doubt such attire was prevalent. > The hero is 44 yrs old, "retired" from marshalling due to a career ending injury. AND is captured, beaten, kicked, has his back whipped raw, gets shot badly enough the desperadoes believe him dead, yet still performs as if none of those conditions occurred. > After a 3 year retirement where admittedly "he'd grown soft from whiskey, women, cards, and too many hours glued to his rocker reading newspapers and dime novels and smoking one cigarette after another," he also couldn't shoot well enough to hit targets, but by end of book, was hitting moving targets. PRAISE: > the above applies to heroes in most genres, so ignored this usual use of "literary license." > The "good guys n gals"were easy to like and did what they should in (western) novels. Villains were evil, dirty &, except for main character villains, were quickly dispatched. > Spelling, grammar & punctuation were never a distraction. As an every-word reader, that's appreciated. > Vulgarity/sex: (SPOILER ALERT) To my recolection, was one word - "ruttin'." > LOTS of action/activity, which I found kept me reading for longer than anticipated. Even when I put the book down to go to sleep, mow the lawn or make a meal, I found myself wondering what was going to happen next. To have lassoed & hog-tied my attention so completely, I guess I've been "Brandvolded."

Well, this book definitely hit the mark (with an arrow of course!) for campy horror. It takes place mostly at the closed down camp and has all the tropes for that kind of horror. You have groups of teenagers splitting up to try and contact someone, there is no signal for phones (except at the top of a very sketch lighthouse), and a person dressed up as the local legend Witch of Lost Lake hunting them all down with masterful precision and a very powerful bow and arrows. You also have Reagan and Olivia trying to find out the truth of what had happened 16 years ago because someone did a good job of messing with the evidence and pinning the blame on the wrong person (maybe). So it was a fast and easy read and though the romantic bits that started popping up were a bit annoying. Running for your life from a witch but also have a meetcute? Not needed. But still mostly fun to read and I must admit that the murderer or maybe more than one get what they deserve. A bit of a shocking ending but fitting. Not a deep or complicated book but a good summer read, though you may want to make sure you have a strong signal on your cell if you are going to camp this year.