“The author’s vivid imagination, exceptional story-telling and brilliant writing make this a fantasy novel you will recall in years to come.”
Following on from Mani’s review the other day, it’s great to see yet more encouraging words about ‘Stranger Days on Peculiar Hill’ from Peggy Jo Wipf at Readers’ Favorite. The whole of her five star review follows.
‘Stranger Days on Peculiar Hill’ by Grimly Darkwood continues the tale of The Vale of Strange. Darkwood flawlessly ties book one to book two by making you feel you hadn’t been away from The Vale of Strange for longer than a minute. This book is a roller coaster ride the whole way through as new adventures come to Peter and Amanda.
Peter and his Uncle Bob are called to the big old house at the top of the hill to assist a new family when all manner of strange events and mysterious people begin to appear. Guatemala (Mala) is a girl Peter’s age that lives with her explorer father, Mr. Flipper, and her Uncle Percival Crow. Who knew that excavating a swimming pool would bring about a trip to The Vale of Strange for Peter and Mala, with a disgruntled Amanda?
Grimly Darkwood skillfully moves ‘Stranger Days on Peculiar Hill’ along at a breath-taking pace as it sweeps us into a plot that keeps the reader both interested and intrigued. The previous characters continue to add humor, snarky attitudes, and moral correctness to a story with many twists and turns. The new characters add their own qualities of loyalty, persistence, and excitement. The author’s vivid imagination, exceptional story-telling and brilliant writing make this a fantasy novel you will recall in years to come. The novel is bizarre enough for readers to enjoy the creativity of the author and expect more from this country that is trying to find a solution to their “strange” problem.
Many thanks to Peggy Jo Wipf for that review.
What about you? Have you read ‘Stranger Days’ yet? If so, what did you think of the book? Do you agree that it was like a rollercoaster ride? Or was it more like being on a Big Wheel? Or gently drifting on a lilo under a cloudless blue sky into shark-infested waters? Do write and tell us what you thought…
‘Stranger Days on Peculiar Hill’ is available from Amazon in paperback or Kindle.
Grimly Darkwood 