Thanks to the publisher, Algonquin Young Readers, for providing both books! All opinions are my own!
The author:
William Ritter is an Oregon author and educator. He is the proud father of the two bravest boys in the Wild Wood, and husband to the indomitable Queen of the Deep Dark.The Oddmireis Ritter’s first series for middle-grade readers. He is also the author of the New York Times bestselling, award-winning Jackaby series for young adult readers. Visit him online at rwillritter.wordpress.com and find him on Twitter: @Willothewords.
Title: Changeling (The oddmire #1)
Page count: 272.
Release day: July 16th 2019.
Genre: Middle Grade, Fantasy.
Rating: 4 stars.
Summary on GoodReads here!
Rating:
Characters: 8/10
Atmosphere: 8/10
Writing: 7/10
Plot: 8/10
Intrigue: 7/10
Logic: 7/10
Enjoyment: 7/10
Average: 7.43 (which means 4 stars!)
My thoughts:
This book was so much fun! It was adventurous and relied a lot on family relations!
In the beginning of this book a goblin is trying the change a goblin baby for a human baby, but something goes wrong, and both babies stay with the human family.
Then we follow these boys 13 years later, we do not know which is human and which one is a goblin. But then the goblins want the goblin boy back. Both boys decide to go into the woods and to see what happens. We get to see so many dark and interesting creatures!
What I really loved about this book is the relation between the boys! Even when they learn who is who they do not give up on their brotherly bond. And I also really enjoyed the relation between the brother and their mom! On the day the mom found two boys instead of one, she had decided she would love both equally, and again she still does after we find out who is who. It is very good to see!
The story with this family is kinda over after this book, but so much more can be explored!
I love the world with the interesting characters, and I was very eager to continue on to book two!
Title: The unready queen (The oddmire #2)
Page count: 320.
Release day: June 23rd 2020.
Genre: Middle Grade, Fantasy.
Rating: 3 stars.
Summary on GoodReads here!
Rating:
Characters: 6/10
Atmosphere: 7/10
Writing: 7/10
Plot: 6/10
Intrigue: 6/10
Logic: 6/10
Enjoyment: 7/10
Average: 6.43 (which means 3 stars!)
My thoughts:
I was told that both of these books can be read as standalones, but I do really recommend to read changeling before this one! Since this book does follow the same characters and there are mentions to things happening in book one. Also it assumes you know what happened to these characters in the previous book!
This was another fun adventurous story! I flew through the book!
Book one really focussed on the family relationships, while this book was more a mystery/adventure book. I did like book one a bit more for that reason.
For me it was very easy to guess the ‘bad guy’ from this book, but that might be because I’m older then the target audience!
I still really liked all of the characters! I really liked the addition of Evie to their little group! We do follow the same group of characters, but book one focusses a bit more on Cole and Tinn, while this focusses a bit more on Fable!
In this book we got to see more creatures from the woods, which was really nice!
I’m not sure if this series is finished with this book, but there could definitely be another book!
Ooh I actually added this to my TBR recently so I’m thrilled to hear that you enjoyed it
I hope you will enjoy it as well!
This looks like a good series! I love reading about family relationships.
It is!