Review: Gwendy's Button Box

Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

For people who don't like Stephen King's scary stories, or if they're children are wanting to read a Stephen King book, this is the book for both of you. However due keep in mind, it is a novella, but it reads like a full length novel.

We first meet Gwendy Peterson running up the "suicide stairs" in her small town of Castle Rock, Main. She's getting ready to start junior high and although she's a little chubby, she's been running up these long steps to lose weight so her nickname, good-year, short for good year blimp doesn't follow her into a new school year.

One day as she reaches the top of the stairs she meet a man in black who asks her to sit with him on the bench. They talk for awhile and then he hands her this box. He explains that if you push this button you'll receive a chocolate candy, this button will cause devastation, so on and so on. Gwendy accepts this box and hides it to where her parents won't find it.

Gwendy's life starts changing here, she's losing the weight, going out for sports and excelling in them, she's popular in school, her parents stop drinking, the world is changing and sometimes, she's visit's the box. Her best friend Olivia see's the change in her and soon they have a falling out, Gwendy does nothing to mend their friendship. Gwendy feels that the box that she caring for has sort of magical powers but can never prove it.



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Review: Blood Magick

Blood Magick by Nora Roberts
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I loved the first two books in this trilogy, and I was sure I would love this one as well, but sad to say, it just sort of was just another book I read. This story continues on from where it left off, but should of focused more on Branna and Fin, but it seemed like it focused on Branna cleaning and cooking. Of course there planning Christmas, and Iona and Boyle's wedding in the Spring and Conner and Meara's in the Summer, also they are planning on how to finish Cabhan once and for all.

The book moved much more slower than the other two books did and there was more story with the other two than with Branna. It seemed like this was a slap the book together and finish it up so that the author could move on to her next book or series. I've read several Nora Roberts books and this was just didn't appeal to me, specially after the first two. My attention wasn't held with the this one, nor was it very entertaining. I don't mean to give a bad review of this one, but I'm glad this was the last book in the series instead of the first one.

One thing I did like about the book was the fact that the first three chapters were about the three dark witches from the first book and how they were traveling to meet Branna, Conner, Iona and of course Fin in their timeline. I think those were the most exciting chapters in the book, and it was nice to hear more about them again.

I would of give this a two star review but I through in an extra one just because it was the final book in the series.


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