
Rumpelstiltskin
Tabletop Game
Description from the publisher: In Rumpelstiltskin, you and a friend take the roles of fey folk...

Raging Falcon
Book
In the 21st century wars are won in the mind rather than on battlefields. One man will forever...
stephen perkins thriller crime political

The Rain Heron
Book
Ren lives alone on the remote frontier of a country devastated by a coup. High on the forested...
Magical Realism Australia Literary Fiction Environment Nature

Ascendant
Book
Holt Cook was never meant to be a dragon rider. He has always served the Order Hall of the Crag...

Girl in the Walls
Book
A dark & sweet coming of age fairy tale about becoming who you are. Leaving the city was not...
Young Adult LGBTQ+ Magical Realism

Never Hurt Me (The Wish Makers, #3)
Book
Everyone has a wish. Desiree’s just got real. For years, hippie-genie Desiree has been living...
Young Adult Fantasy

Coltons Time Machine: Lincoln, Edison and the Wright Brothers (Book #2)
Book
Have you ever wished you could travel back in time? Well, so does Colton! So, he decided to invent a...
Dragons Children Kids Time Travel American History history

Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being a Witch
Book
"They say you don't find witchcraft, it finds you . . ." An illustrated and practical guide to...

The Bell Witches
Book
YOU’LL WANT TO BE ONE. UNTIL YOU KNOW THEIR SECRETS. After sixteen-year-old Emily’s father...
Witches

EmersonRose (320 KP) rated Dodger's Doorrway in Books
Nov 20, 2019
Dodger’s Doorway is a fantastical adventure that makes for a super fun read. The melded fairytale worlds is a theme we have seen more and more of, which I love, and I think that Reale did a masterful job of combining the magical nostalgia of the characters we know and love as well as bringing in a unique twist and creating new life in this classic characters. I particularly liked the portrayal of Humpty Dumpty. I think that Humpty is a character that is often veered away from as being too hard or not interesting enough to expand upon, but Reale takes him and makes him into an exciting warrior, which I thought was very clever. Reale’s Storyworld combines the magical innocence and dark origins of the stories and characters he chooses which gives the story a real sense of danger and epic adventure that makes the book a quick and thrilling read. Reale took inspirational from a wide range of stories; from Hansel and Gretel, Jack and the Beanstalk, Pinocchio, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, and many more. I loved the variety and enjoyed seeing Reale’s spin on the characters.
The book itself is well-written, and the arc works well to make for a book that is hard to put down. Dodger is a great character in that he has a lot of growth throughout the book and creates real feeling relationships with the fairytale characters he meets. I liked that Reale brought the book to a young adult read instead of a children’s book by playing with the dark sides of fairytales, as well as making Dodger a teenager dealing with very real young adult issues.
Dodger’s Doorway is an enchanting story with a lot of heart. I very much enjoyed reading it. If you are a fan of fantasy stories, particularly tales where characters find magical worlds, a personal childhood dream of mine and many others I am sure, then I would highly recommend giving this book a read!