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Loading... The Midnight Hourby Benjamin Read, Laura Trinder (Author)
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  lmauro123 | Dec 28, 2023 |   I really wanted to love this book. I found this book to have a super fun concept and really loved he setting. But I felt like the pacing of this read, along with the world building did confuse me. I really liked the main character. I felt like there was less side characters to expand the world and that made me enjoy it less. But overall it was enjoyable read! I just wanted the world to be a tad clearer. (  ) lmauro123 | Dec 28, 2023 | Well, I was cleaning out my mail pile (I don't read most of my posts) & I'd forgotten that I received a free ARC from Scholastic; Silly me Happy me! Emily's mother is an artist who dumpster dives for art materials; her father works at the Midnight Post Office. After receiving an odd letter, with even odder postage stamps, Emily's mother disappears and when her father goes to track down the sender of the letter, he disappears as well. Soon two Very Strange men come to the door seeking Emily w/ messages from beyond... Then Emily takes matters into her own hands & locates the mysterious Midnight Post Office, which sends her on an adventure to the Midnight of London where it is always night time in the years before 1912 and where all magickal beings reside; one of which is trying to break through to the daylight. I found the book to be interesting yet simple and I didn't dislike the characters but found them to be a bit shallow. I'll be interested to see what the next book holds. ( ) Auntie-Nanuuq | Mar 14, 2020 | no reviews | add a review
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"When strange late-night letters start arriving at home, Emily's parents set off to investigate. But when her parents disappear completely and Emily is left home alone to face the weird strangers that begin to appear at her door, she takes all of the clues at her disposal and makes for the place where the letters came from -- the mysterious Night Post. What she'll discover is the secret world of the Midnight Hour -- a Victorian London frozen in time, full of magic and monsters. Kept safe by an age-old agreement, the Night Folk have been exiled to a parallel world that can only be accessed by a selected few, including the mail carriers of the infamous Night Post that operate between the two worlds. Emily's parents are key players in keeping the Night Folk safe, but when the division of the two worlds is threatened, Emily must search for her parents while navigating this dark and unknown version of London. Armed only with a packed lunch, her very sleepy pocket hedgehog, and her infamously big argumentative mouth, she must escape bloodthirsty creatures of the night, figure out her own family secrets, and maybe just save the world. This is a frightening and enchanting story, a world built out of creatures from our worst fears who become relatable, fully formed characters unlike any we've seen as these strangers of parallel worlds band together to save the day" -- No library descriptions found. |
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I really wanted to love this book. I found this book to have a super fun concept and really loved he setting. But I felt like the pacing of this read, along with the world building did confuse me. I really liked the main character. I felt like there was less side characters to expand the world and that made me enjoy it less. But overall it was enjoyable read! I just wanted the world to be a tad clearer. (