Customer Reviews

A gothic novel for young and old - By: S. Bruch, 18 Sep 2008
This is the first Marcus Sedgwick book i have read & if all his books are as good as this one i can see me buying & reading everything else he writes.

The book opens with a mysterious letter written by the father of one of the main characters, Marko. This leads him to travel to Venice where he meets Sorrel & together they set out to try & save both their fathers. We meet many other charactersin the book who each help or hinder the two main characters.

I must say that i really enjoyed all the descriptions & explanations which Marcus gives through the voices of Marko & Sorrel about Venice & its inhabitants. I also very much enjoyed all the action that goes on throughout the book.

I have to admit here that i actually sat down one morning just to see what this book was like fully intending to put it down & get ready for my day but i remainedin my PJs all day just so i didn't have to put the book down!

I would say that this book is definately one for fans of Scott Lynch.