Gravebooks by J.A. White | Book Review

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After the thrilling dark story of the Nightbooks, J.A. White is back with the sequel Gravebooks. I must confess: I only watched the first movie (the Nightbooks), so I knew what was happening. But my little sister read and reviewed the first book. However, you can enjoy this sequel without reading the first book.

A horrifying and creative story about a boy trying to defeat the witch who once captured him and her new terrifying familiar.

Alex Mosher thought he was safe from Natacha now that Hansel and Gretel’s witch had killed her. But he is wrong. One night, Alex dreams of being in a horror storybook graveyard, and Natacha is waiting for him. With a new terrifying jackal familiar called Simeon. Natacha again expects him to write stories for her every night in his dreams. The mystery is that now that the other witch is dead, what is Natacha doing with Alex’s stories?

The horror storybook was terrifying. The only remarkable thing about this dream graveyard is the graves. Once you dig into the tombs, you are instantly transported into a horror book world. This graveyard has a seemingly painted sky and a terrifying jackal; not one of my top places to go. The best part of this book was all the short stories that Alex had to write.

Alex is a natural writer. He is good at writing horror novels, and I hope he becomes a writer when he grows up. His friend Yasmin is the brainy one. She is always a great help to Alex on his journey of triumph against Natacha.

The theme of Gravebooks is to keep moving from your sticky problems. I recommend this book to future writers in need of inspiration.

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About the author

“J. A. White lives in New Jersey with his wife, three sons, and a hamster named Ophelia that doesn’t like him very much. When he’s not making up stories, he teaches a bunch of kids how to make up stories (along with math and science and other important stuff). He wishes dragons were real because it would be a much cooler way to get to work.” – Amazon.

More by the author

• Shadow School: Archimancy; My review here.
• Nightbooks; My review here.