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Reckless

By Cornelia Funke

ISBN 978-1-906427-65-8

Ages( 12+ ) Highly Recommended

Pages-352

Reckless is an amazing, fantasy book and the first book of the series. It is a years 6 to 9 Premier's Reading Challenge and more suitable for young adults. The Sunday Times commented, 'A haunting story of loyalty, betrayal, magic, love and danger.'

'THE MIRROR WILL ONLY OPEN TO HE WHO CANNOT SEE HIMSELF.' Through a mirror is a dangerous world. For years now Jacob Reckless has enjoyed its secrets and treasures. Soon everything changes, one mistake, after all those years of caution. Jacob's younger brother Will, one day follows him into the mirror, dark magic turns him from a boy to beast, breaking the heart of the girl he loves. Can love save Will? Unless Jacob can find a way to save them. It's time he lived up to his name.

My favourite paragraph: He'd seen it all before, on another face: his mother's. Too much pain. Too much love. He didn't want all that anymore. He wanted stone, cool, firm, so different from all the softness, the yielding, the vulnerability, and lachrymose flesh.

I highly recommend the Reckless. Cornelia Funke forces the reader to enter a new world full of danger and adventure. Reckless is a thriller with elements of action and horror throughout. The 352 pages quickly disappear as the reader is absorbed into the pages. Make sure you read this book!