By: Cornelia Funke
Pushkin Press
Pushkin Children's Books
Teens and YA
Publish Date June 8, 2021
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I gave this book 3 stars. I almost DNF'd it. This was a different than I am used to reading by her. It has a lot fairytales elements to it and I did enjoy that. It was a slow read for me and I started out being lost because I didn't know the back story. I don't know if there is a book before this one with the back story because it would have been helpful.
This story is about two brothers. One of the brother's is a treasure hunter who goes through a magic mirror into a fairyland which isn't all that safe. The other follows him to help with one of his hunt and is somehow poisoned which is causing his skin to change into stone.
He goes up to the mirror and somehow his girlfriend finds him and he pulls her to this world. Jacob the treasure hunter doesn't want her in the land but she refuses to leave Will the other brother. There is a shape shifter who advises Jacob to keep her in the land because she will be needed to both Will and maybe them since she knows some medicine stuff. As you can tell it was very confusing without a back story.
Will is highly valuable and sought after because his skin is turning into a Jade stone. There are a lo of adventures and struggles.
Does Jacob save his brother? You will have to read the story to find out. If you find a book before this I would highly suggust you read that book story first.
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