Book Blurb:
Amy Lennox doesn't know quite what to expect when she and her mother pick up and leave Germany for Scotland, heading to her mother's childhood home of Lennox House on the island of Stormsay.
Amy's grandmother, Lady Mairead, insists that Amy must read while she resides at Lennox House—but not in the usual way. It turns out that Amy is a book jumper, able to leap into a story and interact with the world inside. As thrilling as Amy's new power is, it also brings danger: someone is stealing from the books she visits, and that person may be after her life. Teaming up with fellow book jumper Will, Amy vows to get to the bottom of the thefts—at whatever cost.
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My Review:
3 Out Of 5 Stars
Genre: Another-World, Faeries, Fairytale, Classics, Mystery, Romance, Supernatural, Teen--
Amy and her mother, or rather Alexis as she prefers to be called, have decided that they need a fast getaway after Alexis' breakup and Amy's school trouble- so they hop a boat to Scotland, Alexis' estranged birth home. For the first time ever, Amy meets her grandmother who insists that she learn about her family heritage- that she has the ability to jump into books and interact with the character. But all is not fun as Amy hopes, and soon she finds danger chasing after her.
Book Jumpers was reminiscent to me of a YA version of the InkHeart series from years ago, where the special bloodline person has the ability to "jump" or become part of the story that they choose. Readers enter the books but are not suppose to interfere, just watch the books unfold and protect them (I am not 100% sure how entering and potentially messing with everything protects the books, but oh well). But the characters can come out of the books too which makes for a great dynamic.
Can we talk for just a minute that the mom is heart broken after her boyfriend leaves her for his wife and kids? Cough couch, home-wrecker. And Amy was escaping the fact a topless locker room picture of her was shared online by her so-called best friend. I think both these situations are awful, yet the characters just brush it all off once they leave, as if these things are not real and life is completely different. And why are charges not brought against the girl- isn't this like child porn or bullying or something?? Maybe somethings are just different in Germany... I was a little off put by the start of the story and these real life details thrown at me within the first chapter, making it hard to connect with the characters or the world.
The parts I found most interesting were when Amy interacted with the characters, Shere Khan being my absolute favorite. Not only can Readers enter the book world and watch the story unfolding around them, but there is an area where all literary creatures and Readers can go to a pub call the Inkpot and hang out. It was such a cool hodge- podge, with amped up fairies having nectar brew and classical figures with a pint, all discussing real world and book problems alike. What a cool concept.
Oh and ps, there is a lost story- a fairytale nobody knows that burned down in a fire hundreds of years prior, reminding the Readers that their job is to protect literature and the characters within. I was 100% fascinated with the idea of a lost fairytale, and the clues that were dropped along the way were great . The hints of a story with a princes, knight and monster made me super interested and I love how it all played out so wickedly.
After a very rough start where I debated whether I wanted to keep reading or not, I did find myself enjoying the story. This was such a fast read, a perfect book for a lazy afternoon of pure escapism. Oh and ps, there is a romance (because what YA is complete with out?) that I would have preferred to be a friendship since it was so rushed and basically built on nothing but instalove. There were some nice twists to the plot as well as the storybook character interactions that ended up peaking my interest. The story felt like it wrapped up completely, but the a small paragraph was added to crash everything down- and I liked it! I would love to see what happens next.
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