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While I was reading through this book, I kept thinking, this is something that my kids would love! I may incorporate this as one of the books that I read to my students in the future, as it was one of those that will have you giggling, slight bursts of irritation, and then, the story redeems with a memorable ending.
I read this book for a blog tour, so thank you so much to the blog tour organiser, the author, the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review. All thoughts are my own. A book review for avid readers of The Beast and the Bethany series Ebenezer Tweezer is a youthful 511-year-old. He keeps a beast in the attic of his mansion, who he feeds all manner of things (including performing monkeys, his pet cat and the occasional cactus) and in return the… Read More Then there's Claudette, who's not been feeling herself recently. Has she eaten something that has DISAGREED with her?I read this book under two hours because once I started I just could not put it down. I will try not to spoil this book because as with lots of Children's books, the plot isn't wide and the story is really focused on the outcome. Ebenezer is 511 years old but he looks nothing like his age because of a potion that he gets from a monster he keeps in his attic. He has basically been living a solitary life of enjoyment, he has all the money he can ever spend and if he does spend it all, the monster can just vomit some more for him. But it appears that the monster is now greedy for something and he would not be giving Ebenezer the potion that keeps him young unless he gets him what he wants. He wants a tasty plump child. The HORROR! Ebenezer Tweezer is a 511 year old man! Yes, you heard that right! 511! And what’s the secret behind such a long life? Well, he keeps a beast hidden in the attic of his 15 storeys tall house. This beast demands food of various nature from Ebenezer and in return the beast spurts out anything that Ebenezer wishes to have including an elixir which keeps Ebenezer young and charming.
This is a middle grade fantasy with a really dark and sometimes quite sad atmosphere. We first meet the two main characters in a bird shop, where Ebenezer, a 511-year-old man has gone to buy a bird to feed to his beast. His beast isn't a normal beast, it's a magic beast and asks Ebenezer for special meals in exchange for presents and a serum he takes yearly to stay young and beautiful. This year, the beast has asked for something special to eat, and Ebenezer doesn't hesitate to go off in search of this meal and doesn't think anything of it, that is until he meets her. Ebenezer Pinset on nuori, komea ja upporikas mies, joka elää upeassa kartanossa. Todellisuudessa hän on kuitenkin lähestymässä 512 vuoden kunnioittavaa ikää. Ebenezerin talon ylimmässä kerroksessa elää nimittäin kammottava hirviö, jonka erittämä tinktuura pitää hänet ikuisesti nuorena. The book is about Mr Ebenezer Tweezer. He is not the most likeable man to start with, he is selfish and has a Beast that he feeds to get what he wants. One of these things is eternal youth, I mean come on he is 511 years old! He has found himself doing what he wants when he wants and not caring about others. This all starts to change when the Beast is demaning a child to eat. But let's not get bogged down in that—it's mean, it's greedy, and it's not that bright and fairly helpless. It's these two things that will help the protagonists.
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