A Tale of Highly Unusual Magic

Reviewed by: Mary Lehmer - Freeport Community Library, Freeport, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: August 10, 2015

Review

This story is about 2 girls that don’t know each other- Kai is visiting her aunt in Texas and Leila is visiting her dad’s family in Pakistan. Each girl ends up finding a blank book called The Exquisite Corpse. The cool thing about the book is that once you write in the book, the book uses those words to write a story, one that just might come true.

In the beginning, the Kai and Leila’s lives are not particularly interesting. There are some fun moments, but not enough to really grab the reader’s attention. But around the middle of the book, that changes. Readers will want to see what The Exquisite Corpse is going to write about next and how it connects the lives of Kai and Leila. The story The Exquisite Corpse tells is interesting from the get go and just gets better and better as the story evolves. A nice combination of fantasy and realistic fiction.

Overall Book Score: very good