Pages:
250
Publisher:
Chicken House
Release
Date: 6th
October 2016
Edition:
UK paperback,
for review
Other
Titles by this Author: The
Extincts
Dan
promised he’d look after his siblings, but he hadn’t banked on his parents
dying on a jungle research trip. The children decamp to crumbling Daundelyon
Hall. Horrible Aunt Grusilla reigns supreme, tending her mysterious graveyard
garden.
But
why are Aunt Grusilla and her servants each missing a finger? What are the
hungry ‘cabbages’ in the greenhouse? As Dan struggles to solve the mystery he
encounters one final question: what’s the price of everlasting life?
I loved Veronica Cossanteli’s
debut a few years back so I was really happy when I was offered a copy of ‘The
Halloweeds. It completely lived up to its predecessor.
Just like in ‘The Extincts’, ‘The
Halloweeds’ is filled to the brim with gruesome humour and some really
disgusting food. Seriously, some of them made me want to be sick a little… Add
in the setting of Daundelyn Hall, the horrifying Aunt Grusilla and her creepy
servant Pokis and you’ve got a recipe for spookiness and adventure. I don’t
want to spoil anything, but reading this will definitely make you suspicious of
gardeners…
My favourite thing about this
book is definitely the relationship between Dan, his sister Martha and the
baby Grub. I loved the way they stuck together and backed each other up in
rather scary circumstances. Your siblings may be super annoying and a bit gross
sometimes, but you’ll never leave them behind. Having a hoard of siblings myself, I loved it.
A fun, gruesome adventure that’s perfect
for young Halloween lovers.
Thanks to Chicken House for the
review copy.
Sophie
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