Halloween Jack And The Devil's Gate

If you want some delightfully creepy YA fantasy, look no further than Halloween Jack and the Devil's Gate. M Todd Gallowglas takes some of those classic fairy tales and weaves them together into something refreshingly new. These books are fun, fun, fun.Old legends are made new again here as Gallowglas melds a modern folk tale with a steampunk setting then rides the story on the back of a swashbuckling adventure. It's a great, lightheartedly fun novel to read to the kids with over-the-top characters, frenetic action, evil to thwart and powerful events to contain. There are some editing errors, the dialogue can be a bit rough at time, and the characters need a bit of fleshing out. But considering this is an indie production, these are easily forgivable.I'd say fans of Jonathan Stroud's creepy Lockwood and Co. books will find themselves entertained by this one. It may not be deep and the story told is to say the least, weird, but Halloween Jack and the Devil's Gate a fun read the whole way through. You won't be bored. And your kids won't be either.