Publisher:SCHOLASTIC INC
Released:October 1, 2009
Hardcover, 384 Pages
ISBN 9780545160438
Recommended for: YA, horror, fantasy readers
Teaser quote:
But Malice had new rules. Rules he didn't know.
Learn the world. Then you can beat it.
He held on to that. If he viewed this place as a challenge, he felt a little less helpless. There are ways to get out. All he had to do was find one.(pg. 131)
But Malice had new rules. Rules he didn't know.
Learn the world. Then you can beat it.
He held on to that. If he viewed this place as a challenge, he felt a little less helpless. There are ways to get out. All he had to do was find one.(pg. 131)
My rating: 4/5
My thoughts:
Rumor has it that there's a comic book called Malice. If you mix a black feather, twig, knot of cat fur, a tear and a piece of your hair then set it on fire & say "Tall Jake, take me away" six times before the fire burns out, you will be transported into the comic book. Luke decides to try it, expecting nothing to happen, but he goes missing. When two of his friends find out about the comic, they vow to save him the only way they know how...they set out to find the comic & go to Malice.
This is like a YA version of a Stephen King novel. It's dark, twisted and yet you get sucked into the world of Malice & just keep flipping the pages wanting to know what's going to happen next! About a quarter of the book is actually comic. Oddly enough, it is the comic pages that are the scariest in the book.
I normally don't like darker books & this one definitely is but I found myself totally engrossed I finished it in one day. Malice is such a different world, I was curious to find out more about it, who is Tall Jake, why it 'stole' kids, what the kids did when they got there & could they get out? There was a big twist that I guessed at incorrectly but loved where it went. The ending leaves you wanting more, there is still so much to tell. I can't wait to continue the story with the second installment, Havoc, which comes out May 2010.
Rumor has it that there's a comic book called Malice. If you mix a black feather, twig, knot of cat fur, a tear and a piece of your hair then set it on fire & say "Tall Jake, take me away" six times before the fire burns out, you will be transported into the comic book. Luke decides to try it, expecting nothing to happen, but he goes missing. When two of his friends find out about the comic, they vow to save him the only way they know how...they set out to find the comic & go to Malice.
This is like a YA version of a Stephen King novel. It's dark, twisted and yet you get sucked into the world of Malice & just keep flipping the pages wanting to know what's going to happen next! About a quarter of the book is actually comic. Oddly enough, it is the comic pages that are the scariest in the book.
I normally don't like darker books & this one definitely is but I found myself totally engrossed I finished it in one day. Malice is such a different world, I was curious to find out more about it, who is Tall Jake, why it 'stole' kids, what the kids did when they got there & could they get out? There was a big twist that I guessed at incorrectly but loved where it went. The ending leaves you wanting more, there is still so much to tell. I can't wait to continue the story with the second installment, Havoc, which comes out May 2010.
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