Embassy of the Dead

Jake Green received a package from a mysterious stranger. He made the mistake of opening it. It contained a severed finger. Now, a grim reaper is after him. His only chance is to get to the Embassy of the Dead to plead his case before the reaper catches him.

I loved this. It has the perfect spooky vibes for this time of year. The characters are fantastic and I want more.

I received a copy from Net Galley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

DNF at 50%

I was really excited to read this. But unfortunately, I could not make it through this.

This book follows Jake who opens a strange box containing a severed finger, he accidentally summons a grim reaper to drag him to the Eternal Void. We follow Jake and his gang trying to find the Embassy of the Dead and seek protection.

I think the reason I didn't like this was that it was a little too young for me. I love middle grade but I felt like this is for much younger readers. The characters felt flat and the plot wasn't that entertaining.

I wish I liked this, but it fell flat for me.

Thank you Candlewick Press for accepting my request to read this book as an E-ARC.

Look at the cover of this book. What sort of story do you think it will be?

You are right. Scary. But not grownup-horror-scary. Kid-scary.

And that is just what kids want. Ask a group of kids, any kids, anywhere, any time, what kind of stories they want to read and they will say scary.

There are not very many scary stories for kids. I don't know why. And there are very few good scary stories for kids. But this is one of them.