Hard to categorize. “Haunting” “Lyricism…” About two boys left at doorstep of not so nice Uncle and Aunt. Almost feels like Harry Potter or a Roald Dahl thing but what I like about it is the way it pulls back and doesn’t totally villainize the not-so-nice step parents. The one brother who talks (...
Looking at the cover, I was thinking, ok, total boy book. It's got a picture of this boy sitting at a laptop and an evil leering face in the background behind him with a red glowing eye whose rays seem to come out and threaten the boy. My immediate reaction was “eh.” I read the inside cover, thou...