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New Candy Wars review

Charming…. and maybe a little evil , October 9, 2010

By
Candy Beauchamp "CandyTX"

(Austin, TX) – See all my reviews

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This review is from: Candy Wars: The Tooth Fairies vs The Candy King (Paperback)

This was a fun book! My son's name is James (a character in the book), BUT it's my 7-year-old daughter who has been reading this with me. When reading this, I heard lots of little girl giggle. She really thought this was funny, and it is quite silly, there's jelly monsters, snowball fights and of course, the chocolate archers (no really!).

It also has a bit of a cautionary slant to it as well. Maybe not caution but perhaps a lesson that you should treat your siblings well or that no matter what, you'll always be brother/sister. I am interested to see if she gets to that once she gets to the end (I've read ahead of her). I'm sure she will though.

I will admit that I thought this book was going to be over her reading level at first, but while it was a challenge for her in some spots, overall she got it and, more importantly, she's asked to read it.

For me, this was a very cute story. I enjoy a good kid's story and this one was really a lot of fun! It does make me wonder though… what else does this author have up there in his head? This was a pretty unique story. It felt kind of like an evil version of the nutcracker (and their sugar plum fairies) crossed with a really ticked off gingerbread man. But let me be clear… it's NOT scary.

This is a great great chapter book story for the 6-13 year old set. Heck, anyone really. I'm a 35-year-old woman and I loved it!

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Published on October 09, 2010 23:07

Books now in stock

My books are now in stock in Embiggen Books – Noosa

Website HERE

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Published on October 09, 2010 23:05

New smashwords review

Just received a new Smashwords review of Treasure Lost:

Review by: E M on Oct. 09, 2010 : star star star star star

I have expected a children story that I could read together with my young boy, but found myself reading through the book (alone!) all the way to its end.

This book has it all – we get to read about the relationship and differences between the two brothers, about devotion and love to their Nana and to each other. On the "dark" side – we get a close look (along with the brothers) into evil, cruelness and corruption, death and survival….what else to ask?!

I have to say that my English is not my first language, and mostly if I like to enjoy reading I would refer to my native language. However I really enjoyed that book! (I had to check my dictionary from time to time but it hasn't stopped me! :-) )

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Published on October 09, 2010 18:32

Special Kindle price – 99c

In anticipation of the imminent (hopefully mid November) release of my next book Bug Island – I have reduced the kindle price of Treasure Lost and Candy Wars to 99c for a short time only.

RG