Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1) in Vampires, Weres and Fae!

Jul 14, 2017 Snarktastic Sonja rated it really liked it

First of all, this is juvenile fiction. I mean seriously, why am I reading it? And, then, recommending it to everyone I know? Because it is a really fun, enjoyable book set in an interesting world. I kept forgetting that our intrepid heroine was 12 years old. In fact, she could truly be any age.

I loved the characterizations here. The crazy uncle, the thoughtful niece, the loving parents and the skeleton detective. Who drives a bentley. And sometimes, a canary mobile. This book is just a whole b ...more

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Jan 13, 2018 Cee rated it it was amazing

Shelves: laugh-out-loud, fantasy, young-adult, mystery-crime, buddy-group-read

This reads like a younger teen novel (Stephanie is 12), yet there are some heavy issues brought up (who decides when to start a war?) and it is so humorous that I feel it can be read comfortable by a wide range of ages.

Stephanie and Skullduggery are the main characters and I truly enjoyed both of them. There is no romance between them (YAY) so this is just friendship at this point. These two have some of the funniest banter I have ever read. Their personalities really shine through when they ta ...more

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Apr 03, 2021 Georgann rated it liked it

Shelves: ya, urban-fantasy, paranormal

Fun read! Constant action and plenty of humor. Our library has it in juvenile fiction, but there's enough killing and torture (or talk of torture) that I would recommend it for more mature readers. The heroine is supposed to be 12. I have never known a 12 YO who was a tough and mature as that. I expect I'll read book 2. There are 10 books in the series, I may get tired of the cast before then. ...more

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