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A Book Long Enough
Spark and Pook
Today I have a book review by a fantastic author that I have come to admire greatly.
Edward Trayer, writing under the pen name of Billy Bob Buttons, also runs the Wishing Shelf Independent Book awards, of which Frankie Dupont book 1 won the silver award for 2014
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Edward won the 2014 People Book Prize Uk, and he does amazing book tours throughout the UK, independently promoting his books.
His success is inspiring. Now onto the book.
Description from Amazon
My name is Tiffany Sparrow and my job is to slay spooks. It can be messy work, but I enjoy it. Mostly. I get to do a lot of travelling which is fun, but
often just to crumbling tombs and spidery cellars. My mum was a slayer too; and so was my grandmother. I miss them terribly. They were killed, you see, by
Grimdorf the warlock, so now there's only me and my old grandad left. But the word on Voodoo street is... GRIMDORF'S BACK! And he's brought a few of his
pals with him.
Edward Trayer, writing under the pen name of Billy Bob Buttons, also runs the Wishing Shelf Independent Book awards, of which Frankie Dupont book 1 won the silver award for 2014
Check It Out
Edward won the 2014 People Book Prize Uk, and he does amazing book tours throughout the UK, independently promoting his books.
His success is inspiring. Now onto the book.
Description from Amazon
My Review
Billy Bob Buttons has done it again, with this fast paced, action packed, super engaging story for middle grade readers. Tiffany Sparrow is not your
average girl. She is the only scythe wielding, but kicking, spook slayer left in Devil's Ash since her mum and grandmother were will killed by Grimdorf,
the warlock. She lives with her gramps who gives a new meaning to gourmet cooking, and is mostly happy. That is until she has a run in with Atilla The Hun,
a rather pesky pizza eating spook, at the Crusty Crypt Inn and learns that Grimdorf is BACK. Tiffany knows that's just not possible.
Her mum and grandma may have perished at Lurch Manor during their shown down with Grimdorf, but they did eliminate him. Or so the townsfolk and her gramps thought. Tiffany is no longer so sure. A strange boy spook keeps visiting her, giving her odd clues as to Grimdorf's intentions.
Tiffany realises that she has one battle royale on her hands when spooks, who should be all mist and goo, are starting to actually throw things at her. If she is going to keep her reputation as well as free Devil's Ash from her arch nemesis, she will have keep her wits about her, and Hell's Talon of course, her trusty scythe. Oh did I mention, Grimdorf stole it from her.
A fun and engaging story, that will keep even the most reluctant reader on the edge of their seat. I am fast becoming a firm fan of Billy Bob Buttons.
Her mum and grandma may have perished at Lurch Manor during their shown down with Grimdorf, but they did eliminate him. Or so the townsfolk and her gramps thought. Tiffany is no longer so sure. A strange boy spook keeps visiting her, giving her odd clues as to Grimdorf's intentions.
Tiffany realises that she has one battle royale on her hands when spooks, who should be all mist and goo, are starting to actually throw things at her. If she is going to keep her reputation as well as free Devil's Ash from her arch nemesis, she will have keep her wits about her, and Hell's Talon of course, her trusty scythe. Oh did I mention, Grimdorf stole it from her.
A fun and engaging story, that will keep even the most reluctant reader on the edge of their seat. I am fast becoming a firm fan of Billy Bob Buttons.
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Hi I'm visiting from the #kidlitbloghop. Thank you for hosting. The spook slayer sounds like a book that my eldest son might like.
ReplyDeleteWhat an original-sounding story! Any girl who wields a scythe as a weapon just has to be an awesome heroine, right? Thanks for linking into the Kid Lit Blog Hop and for sharing this great recommendation. I bet you my daughter would enjoy this one! :-)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good read - going to have to check it out. And congrats on the award!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the rip-roaring review! Sounds like a wild adventure.
ReplyDeleteThis story sounds completely captivating. Already adding books to my Amazon cart for my daughters summer reading (although she seems to read faster than I can buy them) and I just added this one! Thank you for sharing this on the hop.
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