A review by theenbybookworm
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull

adventurous sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I enjoyed the book overall. It took a good bit for me to start really getting into it. It started becoming more and more interesting right before

the “drink the milk” words popped up

. It started to really hook me I think about a chapter or two later (maybe 3?) from that one.

This might be super typical of me, but after reading it to its whole, “Drink the milk.” is most definitely my favorite line in the entire book. It just helped really kickstart it for me. Side note : I liked the character at times, but the brother was totally reckless, and like all the problems basically relied on this guy not following orders and refusing to listen if I’m being honest.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gore, and Violence

The reason I put this under moderate is because it was generally well-described to where I think most readers can visualize the scenarios very well, but it could definitely be a lot worse. Warning : This may not be the best for the faint-of-heart, especially if you get nightmares super easily, since there are a lot of scary mythical creatures that show up in this book.

In case you were confused, the animal cruelty is about the fairy that got turned into an imp by Seth. I know it wasn’t on purpose, and I put it under animal only because it wasn’t human and it’s not like there was a “mythical being cruelty” option lol.