A review by calistareads
The Mansion in the Mist by John Bellairs
5.0
Wow! I loved this book. This book was published in 1992 and John Bellairs died in 1993 so this is one of the last completed novels he wrote. Anthony Monday was the first series he started and he added this on at the end.
I thought this was a great book. It might be my favorite Anthony Monday book of the 4. I had so much fun reading it and I loved the creepy, gothic feel to it. It's a portal fantasy. This time, Anthony and company are at a remote cabin in Canada for the summer and they find a truck that transports them to another world, a dangerous creepy world.
John Bellairs does tone and setting so well. I love it. This is it, the last book that John had any thing to do with that I have no read. I've completed my goal and read them all. They have been delightful and I only wish I would have read them all when I was young and enjoyed them more. John Bellairs is an underrated treasure.
I thought the mansion was super creepy and being out in the middle of nowhere added to the feeling of isolation and being on your own.
I am working on my niece and nephew reading this, but so far, they have not bitten.
I thought this was a great book. It might be my favorite Anthony Monday book of the 4. I had so much fun reading it and I loved the creepy, gothic feel to it. It's a portal fantasy. This time, Anthony and company are at a remote cabin in Canada for the summer and they find a truck that transports them to another world, a dangerous creepy world.
John Bellairs does tone and setting so well. I love it. This is it, the last book that John had any thing to do with that I have no read. I've completed my goal and read them all. They have been delightful and I only wish I would have read them all when I was young and enjoyed them more. John Bellairs is an underrated treasure.
I thought the mansion was super creepy and being out in the middle of nowhere added to the feeling of isolation and being on your own.
I am working on my niece and nephew reading this, but so far, they have not bitten.