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A Curious Tale of the In-Between
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I don't normally read middle grade but I won an ARC copy and both the title and the cover of A Curious Tale of the In-Between drew me in so I read it. I made the right decision. The story was intriguing and the characters were fabulous.
Pram is an extraordinary girl in every sense. Yes that means she can see ghosts. Growing up she has learned it's not a normal ability so she keeps it to herself. I love how pure her heart is. She's only 11 years old but she's already always thinking of others. Her aunts are uncomfortable when she talks about ghosts so she keeps it to a minimum. When her new friend wanted to look for his mother's spirit she helps him. Pram is a sweet girl that is kind and courageous.
Felix and Clarence both cared deeply for Pram. Both boys protected her in their own way. Being a ghost did not stop Felix at all. He is a very comical ghost. Clarence was ever the very well-mannered gentleman (gentleboy?). He was genuine in every way. Pram's very lucky to have these two by her side.
I wasn't expecting the book to have such a dark side but I had shivers learning the terrible truth behind Lady Savant's actions. I wouldn't say she was all bad though. If not for her, Pram wouldn't have come to understand she's not strange at all, she's special.
The style and tone of A Curious Tale of the In-Between was creepily fantastic. I'm excited to dive deeper into Pram's ability and see where it will lead her. On a side note, I follow Lauren DeStefano on Twitter and she is just such a joy and super fun to be around. Definitely go follow her!
Pram is an extraordinary girl in every sense. Yes that means she can see ghosts. Growing up she has learned it's not a normal ability so she keeps it to herself. I love how pure her heart is. She's only 11 years old but she's already always thinking of others. Her aunts are uncomfortable when she talks about ghosts so she keeps it to a minimum. When her new friend wanted to look for his mother's spirit she helps him. Pram is a sweet girl that is kind and courageous.
Felix and Clarence both cared deeply for Pram. Both boys protected her in their own way. Being a ghost did not stop Felix at all. He is a very comical ghost. Clarence was ever the very well-mannered gentleman (gentleboy?). He was genuine in every way. Pram's very lucky to have these two by her side.
I wasn't expecting the book to have such a dark side but I had shivers learning the terrible truth behind Lady Savant's actions. I wouldn't say she was all bad though. If not for her, Pram wouldn't have come to understand she's not strange at all, she's special.
The style and tone of A Curious Tale of the In-Between was creepily fantastic. I'm excited to dive deeper into Pram's ability and see where it will lead her. On a side note, I follow Lauren DeStefano on Twitter and she is just such a joy and super fun to be around. Definitely go follow her!
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I am so happy this was good. I love Lauren's YA books, so I stalked EW for this ARC because that is where I got the first two Internment Chronicals books, and she had also made remarks on Twitter a couple of times that her books are not ever on Netgalley. It never showed up on EW and I was still not requesting ARCs via email yet, so I just wrote getting an ARC off and started waiting to see if it went on ebook sale at some point. Then when the reviews started popping up I saw that some bloggers did get it from Netgalley. I was so sad, but I am thinking it was probably only offered to pre-appproveds because I never saw it.
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