Review: Backward Glass

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Crack your head, knock you dead, then Prince Harming's hunger's fed.

It's 1977, and Kenny Maxwell is dreading the move away from his friends. But then, behind the walls of his family's new falling-apart Victorian home, he finds something incredible--a mummified baby and a note: "Help me make it not happen, Kenny. Help me stop him."

Shortly afterwards, a beautiful girl named Luka shows up. She introduces Kenny to the backward glass, a mirror that allows them to travel through time. Meeting other "mirror kids" in the past and future is exciting, but there's also danger. The urban legend of Prince Harming, who kidnaps and kills children, is true--and he's hunting them. When Kenny gets stranded in the past, he must find the courage to answer a call for help, change the fate of a baby--and confront his own destiny.

 

I have been reading debut novels recently and everyone seems to get better and better. I have no clue what authors are eating but if they are creating books with storylines so captivating as this one…please share your knowledge. David Lomax sure knows off how to start a debut novel.

Right from the beginning you are dragged into the plot and things just keep getting better and better. Yes I have to admit some things did get a little confusing with all the time traveling back and forth but overall I enjoyed the world that Mr. Lomax created. The book is fast-paced and before you know it you are done and left wishing it was not over.

The characters were ones that the reader will come to get comfortable with. Now most people are wondering what I mean by comfortable and the characters just grew on me. I felt like the reader was able to connect with them throughout the story even when the things got bad.

This is one book that readers should add to their reading pile. Action packed and full of adventure, David Lomax’s debut novel is quite the read.

I give the book 4 bites!