The sixth entry in the Skulduggery Pleasant series has been released? What? A quick glance at Amazon shows that only the first three books have been released in the United States. You actually have to go to Amazon UK to find books 4-6 of what’s quickly becoming my favorite book series. It’s a shame, but I wonder if the reason that the US hasn’t seen the next three books is because of sales, or because a movie hasn’t been released yet. Movie rights for the series were snatched up before the first book was even released, yet here we are, six books in, and no movie has been released? Maybe the US publisher is waiting until the movie gets released and book sales go up to continue releasing the series?
Or maybe it’s because of how dark the series has gotten, something definitely evident in the newest installment, Mortal Coil. After all, this is Pauloween Horror Nights, and this book wouldn’t be included if it wasn’t perfectly full of horror! Read the rest of this entry »
I know it may be a little odd to see a review of a children’s novel here on IoM. Still, when said children’s book involves a character slicing off his own arm with a scythe, people being turned inside out in a ball of “pulverized bone and shredded flesh,” and an-all out battle between good and evil sorcerors over the opening of a gateway to let Lovecraftian monsters destroy our planet…well, then you’re not talking about the typical children’s book.