A guest review from Teen Room Staff Jeremy!

This was a rather interesting read that is outside of my normal genre, however I still enjoyed it. It's the story of Josh, a violent genius of a Senior in high school, who, at age 12, was seduced and used by his history teacher. Throughout the novel not only do you learn about Josh's experiences with his teacher, but you also get to witness how he deals with flashbacks of his time spent with said teacher, and how he deals with and eventually overcomes them.

Like I said before I really enjoyed this book, even though it's outside of my normal genre. It's definitely intended for a more mature reader, however, so I would steer clear of it if you're not looking for a book with some steamy moments.

--Jeremy

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A guest review from Teen Room Staff Jeremy!

In Funke's first installment of her Inkheart series we meet Mortimer and Meggie, a father and daughter duo with a very unique talent. The two of them have the ability to read characters and objects out of any book they read, so long as they read it out loud. That is how Mortimer released Capricorn and Dustfinger, two of the most important characters in the book. Capricorn is the antagonist who is bent on finding Mo to read out one of his most evil and cruel pets. Dustfinger was unwillingly torn out of the book, and as a result pursues Mo relentlessly to try to make him read Dustfinger back into the book.

Full of drama and some humor, I'd definitely recommend this book to just about anyone. This is an incredible lead in to the rest of the series.

--Jeremy

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A guest review from Teen Room Staff Jeremy!

In the eighth installment of the Pendragon series, Bobby finds himself on an island paradise territory called Ibara. He quickly finds himself arrested by the locals and accused of being an outsider, which means certain death. After convincing the ruling council of Ibara that he has amnesia, he quickly goes about trying to find the turning point of Ibara, with the unwilling help of Ibara’s new traveler, Siry. Bobby’s involvement with Siry eventually leads to him joining Siry’s gang of outlaws, the Jakills, whose main purpose is to prove the council of Ibara has been lying to the people and there are more things in the world than their little island.
While Bobby is adventuring in Ibara, Courtney, who Bobby dumped on First Earth in the previous novel, is intent on her hunt for Mark, along with her new “partner”, Dodger, who is later revealed to be Gunny’s acolyte. The unlikely duo eventually locate Mark, who, unfortunately, is already on the ship where, according to Patrick on Third Earth, he will be murdered.

In this eighth book, the fact that Bobby and Courtney share the same amount of pages throughout the book is a little confusing at first, but hardly takes away from the epic ness of this novel. The incredible imagery that is becoming very typical of D.J Machale will keep readers captivated, and the surprise ending will leave readers demanding more.

--Jeremy

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A guest review from Teen Room Staff Jeremy!

This book is non-stop action and suspense from start to finish. The seventh Pendragon book finds Bobby on Quillan, a territory addicted to games of all kinds, however each game comes with a twist. If a competitor wins they could receive things ranging from food to vehicles. But, if a competitor loses, it's very likely they'll end up working in the toxic waste infested power plants across the territory that will eventually lead to the loser's painful death. Bobby comes to this territory, as usual, chasing the elusive Saint Dane. After nearly being eaten by quig-spiders, and avoiding the robot police of Quillan, Bobby is eventually scooped up by Veego and LeBearg and forced to compete in these games. He eventually is picked up by a resistance force fighting against the territory wide company Blok. Through this book Bobby meets new friends and a whole set of new enemies.

This is easily my favorite Pendragon book to date, and I plan on reading the series to the end. I would recommend this series to anyone who is interested in fantasy and or science fiction novels.

--Jeremy