Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire

from FFortuna

Spoilers: Not the revelation that the first book was, but good. Echo Gordon is a good idea, and I liked the plotting... What would usually be a climactic event happens halfway through, and the characters have to deal with it. I think it just lacks a little oomph because it's pretty much the same ...

from readernoir

Book Description: Baron Vengeous, one of Mevolent's terrifying Three Generals has escaped from a Russian prison. He intends to gain control of the Grotesquery, the horrific beast created from parts of the ancient Faceless Ones, before the next lunar eclipse. With the help of 13-year-old Valkyrie ...

from MontzaleeW

Playing with Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant #2) by Derek Landy Yes, this is made for middle grade kids but like Harry Potter, grown ups know a good thing when they see it! These are clever, witty, and well thought out books that so entertaining that I just have to have! The first one was hilarious a...

from krau0098

I enjoyed this 2nd book in the Skulduggery Pleasant series. These books are fun dark fantasy reads full of action and magic. I always enjoy the magic aspects of them and the humor. In this story Valkyrie and Skulduggery take on more dark sorcerers. Valkyrie is learning to use her magic effectivel...

from SunnySD

Landy's follow-up to Skulduggery Pleasant finds Valkyrie Cain knee deep to over her head in dirt - at times, quite literally. A paranormal jailbreak, a dead necromancer's armor, a knife-wielding serial killer and the odd vampire or six - somehow it all ties together into a plot to reanimate a ver...