It took a long time to get through this book at bedtimes, as we ended up reading a few others in between, but last week, my son and I finally finished it. I thought it started out a bit slowly (which is probably why we read others in between), but once we got several chapters in, it started to pick up, and I found myself being very interested to see what was going to happen next. It’s a fantasy story for children – probably above the level that my son could read to himself, but we’re enjoying it as a read-aloud. We’ve also gotten the companion book, “Guide to the Monsters of Deltora” (or something like that), which is great, because it has illustrations of all the creepy creatures that we’re reading about in the (non-illustrated) novel.

We started the second one this evening, and I’m already enjoy it.