"Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing With Fire" by Derek Landy

In the book Skulduggery and Valkyrie are trying to stop Baron Vengeous who has stolen armor from a sacred place , used vampires to help him do what ever he wants, and has brought the Grotesquery back to life to kill people everywhere and to bring the faceless ones back to earth with there gods to rule forever. Valkyrie learns to use fire and air magic to defend herself and help with what ever mission. In the end Skulduggery's arm gets cut off after killing the Baron by taking of his invincible armor and shooting him in the chest with his revolver. The Grotesquery is still living. Stephanie stabs a sword into it's chest twist it moves it down and twist it again making it scream in pain and die. Valkyrie falls down and Skulduggery picks up his removed arm and asks if she needs a hand. After to days Skulduggery is in one piece and Valkyrie is not even scared.

I would read this book if i wanted to learn about what happens after the first and who the new villain is and what he is trying to accomplish until Skulduggery and Valkyrie take him down.
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"Ruined" by Paula Morris

Rebecca, newly transplanted to New Orleans to live with an aunt, feels like a fish out of water. Battling homesickness for New York City and her traveling father, Rebecca must also deal with the cliques in her new school, which seem to be focused entirely on the importance of local family history, social class, and the upcoming Mardi Gras season of parties and parades. Although at first content to be an outsider, Rebecca's interest and involvement with the popular group is intensified after she becomes friends with a mysterious girl who seems to be living in the cemetary. Rebecca becomes intent to solve the mystery of her new friend and the 150-year-old curse associated with a local mansion.

Reading "Ruined" is the next best thing to an actual visit to the city of New Orleans. Morris skillfully describes the neighborhoods, streets, and cemetaries of the city and makes them part of the action and atmosphere. One can easily imagine the frenzy and excitement of attending one of the Mardi Gras parades while reading of it in this book. The mystery that embroils Rebecca snakes its way through the city, its parties, and its inhabitants, wrapping itself ever tighter around our heroine.

Although some of the action seems at times to be a little too outlandish to be believable, the nifty plot twists keep one reading. I'd recommend this book to anyone who likes a good mystery involving history, ghosts, and curses! Rated FOUR and a HALF out of FIVE stars.

"Skulduggery Pleasant" by Derek Landy

In Skulduggery Pleasant a girl named Stephine thought she had a normal life until her Uncle Gordon died and his will was read! The last request on Gordons will was that Stephanie got his fortune and his house. That night she stayed in the house by herself reading her uncles written books about magic and monsters and secret wars. But little did she know most of the books were based on real things most people don't know about. She was almost done with a book when someone knocked on the front door and demanded to come in to get a key, out of now were skulduggery pleasant burst through a window and started throwing fire at the man who wanted the key. After the fight he lost his hat, sunglasses, and scarf that covered is face, revealing his skeleton self. None the less Stephanie asked questions about him, until she asked to go with him to were ever it was he was going next. He hesitated but then agreed. Stephanie gets introduced to elemental magic and scocers magic. in elemental there are fire, water ,air, and earth. Skulguggery soon figured out that Serpine the one who killed him a long time ago was trying to get a hold of the book of names(book of names,every name of every person)which only had the protection of will power, the closer you get the more you think your getting trapped. After the leaders of all Magicians were killed by Serpine and his gang there was a fierce fight between good and evil. Soon enough Skulduggery had Serpine pined against a wall when he turned him to dust with the ancients scepter and destroyed the evil of Serpine ounce and for all.
I would only read this book if i were into sarcasm ,fiction, and the good and evil forces in a great book!

"Half-Moon Investigations" by Eoin Colfer

This is an awesome book. It tells about Fletcher Moon's greatest case ever. He is wrongly accused of many crimes, goes to jail and has to change his identity to clear his name. He joins with the Sharkeys, a family of mobsters to help him. It is a page-turner that'll have you guessing to the very end. It is a stupendes book. 5 of 5 stars. If you wnat a mystery read this!

"The Seance" by Joan Lowery Nixon

Lauren never really liked her adopted sister Sarah. Lauren was adopted herself butSarah was prettier than she was and got all the boys and attention. When Sarah told Lauren that she met a girl named Roberta who could talk to "spirits", Sarah got an idea that they should have a Seance with a bunch of their friends. Lauren didn't like the idea but said she would go because all her friends wanted her to be there. When it came to the night of the Seance everyone was freaked out about it and wanted to back out. They went on with it anyway thinking that nothing would go wrong. Everyone sat in a circle and Roberta started saying something under her breath. Then the light fell over and went out. Sarah screamed and said , "something is wrong here". Everyone got up and tried to look for a light switch. When they got the light on Sarah was missing. No one knew what happened to her. So the kids called the police and they came right away. He added up all the clues and told the girls to go home. A couple of days later Sarah was found dead in a pond. All the girls were getting letters that were threatening them. Soon another girl who did the seance was found dead in the same place they found Sarah. Can the rest of the girls find out answer to the mystery before it's too late?

I would rate this fiction book 5 out of 5 because it was very suspensful. I was excited to see what would happen next.

" The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

"Are you a Gifted Child looking for special opportunities?"

When this ad appears in the newspaper, many kids enroll to take the many mind-bending tests. However only 4 children are chosen. Reynie, Sticky,Kate and Constance are told to go on a secret mission that only intelligent and resourceful children will be able to complete. To suceed at this mission, they have to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened. As they face both physical and mental challenges, their only option is to turn to each other for support. With their new friendship at stake, will they be able to pass the most important test of all?

This book has got to be one of the greatest books ever written. The reader is able to help solve the many riddles that the Mysterious Benedict Society solve. This book is exciting and was very hard to stop reading. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read puzzle books that force you to use your brain to solve the riddle. In my opinion, this book deserves a 5 out of 5 and is a must read for anyone.

"Shakespeare's Secret," by Elise Broach

Hero and her family move to a city outside of Washington. Their house has an interesting story behind it. A robbery, without an explanation had occurred there, and a piece of jewelry is involved. Hero's neighbor had been a prime suspect into the case. She had been the first wife of the man that owned Hero's house. Unfortunately she wanted to solve the case, but had had only one clue, which was a quote for one of Shakespeare's plays. Hero, and a friend go on a perilous adventure to solve the mystery of the missing diamond. Will Hero and her friend find the diamond? Is there a connection to her friend and the neighbor? Read this adventure fiction book to find out if the diamond is found, and what relationship there is between the neighbor and friend.

Rated Five out of Five stars.