Red Wolf's Room

Covers Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw is one of the few Owlcrate books I've received, so the cover is white and not black like the regular edition (and has blue sprayed edges). I find both versions are equally beautiful; perhaps the black one lends a more forbidding and mysterious sense since it's like being out in the dead of night under the moon amid eerie bare trees. The white edition is more neutral and focuses on the beauty of the cover art. It's like the Owlcrate version of The Bone Houses where they changed it from black to white, removing some of the scariness from the cover. Show your  support for books and reading . Summary  Nora Walker is part of a line of witches who each have a unique power. Her mother could communicate with bees, for example. Nora looks up to her grandmother whom she saw as being brave and powerful. Despite her mother's rule that they should not practice any magic, Nora sneakily reads her grandmother's book when her mother's away for...

Summary  A vile man with many enemies, Mr. Wickham arrives unannounced at the house party hosted by the Knightleys. Several of the guests have had sour dealings with the man where money and assets were stolen in scam investments, whereas the Darcys have had personal issues with this man who is related to them by marriage. Since the night of Wickham's arrival, the guests are trapped in Donwell Abbey for a few nights due to a violent thunderstorm. While tempers run high and sleep evades everyone, the murder of Mr. Wickham (by Claudia Gray) occurs one of these nights. The youngest of the house party members, Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney, take it upon themselves to solve the case since the local magistrate does a careless job and seems likely to hang an innocent person. Show your support for books and reading .    -- Spoilers -- Photo by Elaine Howlin on Unsplash Characters George Wickham : From Pride and Prejudice ; the murder victim of the story; a former army officer;...

Cover and Campaign Ghost Hunters Adventure Club and The Secret of the Grande Chateau is a special book for two reasons: It's a tribute to the classic YA and children's mystery novels published between the 1930s-1980s (roughly). Its marketing campaign is unorthodox. With a mere glance at the cover, it's easy for anyone familiar with YA books of the kid detective era to recognize how much  The Secret of the Grande Chateau  resembles Nancy Drew , the Hardy Boys and The Three Investigators , for example. From the vibrant color choices to the various font styles to the character poses, this book has a strong essence of nostalgia.  I do have two issues with the cover, however. There is no snow depicted on the cover when the book repeatedly states that the location is snowy; the second sentence of the first page specifies "snowy pavement" and a big storm occurs later on when the trio ventures outside. The other thing is that, while I love that they added to the nostalg...