Reading Teen

I was so excited to receive a copy of The Brimstone Key for review from the authors! I mean, just look at that cover! And I love to read books for this age with my two younger kids, and this book seemed to be right up all of our alleys! I mean, Steampunk, changelings, and Clockwork creatures....for kids? What's not to love?This book continues the adventures of Max, Ernie, Natalia, and Harley, the group of young kids called The Grey Griffins, but I didn't feel lost having not read the earlier books. This is a new series, and a new adventure for the kids. I really loved all the different facets of this story. There are so many different elements that it would be difficult to explain them all to you. I personally enjoyed the fantasy elements. The fairies, the changelings, the clockwork creatures, and the monsters. I'm intrigued by the codex, which is a book that Max is just beginning to understand how to use. I can't wait to see what happens in the future books, to see how Max develops as a hero. I think Max had to be my favorite character in the book. I just really liked him a lot!I think this book has so much in it that will relate to all kind of kids, tweens, teens and even adults. I know my son loved the fact that the Griffins used Round Table cards to play games, almost like Pokemon cards, only these cards took on a three-dimensional role, when the kids played the game with special goggles. He also loved the Clockwork creatures. Especially the giant Dreadnaught! My daughter really enjoyed the magical aspect of the book. Like me she loves fairies and changelings. Ernie (a changeling) was her favorite character. With adventure, mystery, fantasy, friendship, and the possibility of death and destruction around every turn, The Brimstone Key is a must read for any book lover!-andye http://ReadingTeen.net/