I'm so excited about this book! I haven't read it yet, but I'm hoping it's one of those presents under the Christmas tree right now!
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| Author: | Leighton [ December 19th, 2009, 10:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | The Curse of the Spider King |
Here is a review I wrote for Wayne and Hopper's COTSK. The Curse of the Spider King This is a unique book in the popular “Portal Fantasy” genre. Nothing weird there. A perfect example of portal fantasy is The Chronicles of Narnia, the kids come upon a portal and enter another world in which they have adventures. In The Curse of the Spider King the kids don’t go to the other world, the other world comes to them! Another amazing thing about the book is that, instead of having one, two or three, main protagonists, it has SEVEN! Imagine writing that, and trying get the reader to sympathize with all of them. Whoa, that would be tough. But still Christopher Hopper and Wayne Thomas Batson come out on top, not only do they miraculously manage to get us attached to each of the seven teens, but they also get us to sympathize with possibly twice that number of sentinels, elves sent by Ellos to retrieve the teens to their rightful home. Have you ever read a book that just overloads your brain with info and character names? You have? I’m not surprised. I bet you’re thinking that The Curse of the Spider King is gonna be one of those. “Seven protagonists?!!” you say. “N-No no. Not for me.” You are wrong. This book handles the names, the info, the history, everything in fact, so well that I would rate this book among the best written YA Fantasy out there. And no, I was not paid to say that. lol. Ooh. The suspense! I hate the suspense. Unfortunately I must admit that it is well written. Too well. lol. I am still in suspense, the second book isn’t out yet! Many thanks and congrats to the authors! Also, the book had me cracking up all the time. Funny stuff. |
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| Author: | Willow Wenial Mimetes [ December 21st, 2009, 12:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Curse of the Spider King |
LOL! I loved reading that review, so the book must be good! Is this a newer book? |
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| Author: | Leighton [ December 22nd, 2009, 9:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Curse of the Spider King |
Yup, released just within the past few months. First of a series. |
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| Author: | PrincessoftheKing [ December 23rd, 2009, 4:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Curse of the Spider King |
I'm so excited about this book! I haven't read it yet, but I'm hoping it's one of those presents under the Christmas tree right now!
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| Author: | Willow Wenial Mimetes [ December 23rd, 2009, 9:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Curse of the Spider King |
Yikes! I'm not sure if I want to subject myself to that kind of...anticipation! *Grimace* |
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| Author: | PrincessoftheKing [ December 25th, 2009, 7:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Curse of the Spider King |
lol, I didn't get it, but I did get Green by Ted Dekker, so I was really excited!
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| Author: | Lord Kieren Mimetes [ April 26th, 2010, 10:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Curse of the Spider King |
It's amazing! I finished it and I simply can't wait for the next one. An amazing book in itself, it sets up the whole series perfectly!
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| Author: | Emilyn [ September 29th, 2011, 11:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Curse of the Spider King |
I have this book and the one after it(Venom and Song) and they are both really really good. The authors put a stress on culture because the characters live all over the world with different accents. Its so good you should read it. You'll like them. I think that another book is coming out in a year. |
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| Author: | Lady Elanor [ October 9th, 2011, 8:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Curse of the Spider King |
Ooh, I want to read these now. I just got some fantasy books from the library but sadly couldn't get into them. I will have to order this one next time. 
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| Author: | Balec Verge [ October 17th, 2012, 10:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Curse of the Spider King |
The third book is coming out: Don't read without reading Venom and Song: From August 2012: http://www.christopherhopper.com/2012/08/the-tide-of-unmaking-cover-art/ From September 2012: http://www.christopherhopper.com/2012/09/ttou-release-date-09-15-2012/ |
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