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A review by pewterwolf
Revenge of the Beast by Jack Meggitt-Phillips
5.0
Well, that was fun! I had a blast with it (though I suspected I would.)
RTC
***Listened to Audiobook borrowed from library via BorrowBox, but just received eProof gifted by UK publisher via NetGalley in exchange for honest review/reaction for future blog tour in early 2022 - please note a fuller review will be written and updated nearer the time of tour***
As you guys probably know if you followed me in 2020 (The Year That Must Not Be Named), you would know one of my fave reads was [b:The Beast and the Bethany|48587521|The Beast and the Bethany|Jack Meggitt-Phillips|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1610798467l/48587521._SY75_.jpg|73923057] by Jack Meggitt-Phillips. It was just delightful with a deliciously dark edge of Roald Dahl to it. So, of course, I wanted to read/audiobook the sequel, The Revenge of the Beast. I am going to admit that when I did go into this, fearful that this wouldn’t be as fun as the first, but I dived in anyway.
Taking place a few weeks after The Beast and The Bethany, the youthful-looking 511 Ebenezer Tweezer is trying to come to terms of life without the Beast. But he has The Bethany, once notorious prankster, who is keeping him on his toes. She and her parrot friend, Claudette, are determined that she and Ebenezer must de-Beast their lives and do some do-gooding. But both are finding this trickier than they first thought: Ebenezer is missing the gifts that the Beast vomited, Bethany is finding that her prankster past is making it hard for her to do some good, and both aren’t exactly sure how to be good people.
Plus, there’s something off with Claudette. Even since she ate the Beast, she’s been … well, not herself.
Ok, you probably guess most of the plot of this middle-grade. But, you know what? I didn’t really mind – this was such fun! I audiobooked this in two days. Very rare for me to do blitz an audiobook is two days. But this was fun, silly with a slight bite to it.
I am intrigued to see where this is going to do (the final chapter gave a good hint of the direction, something that happened in the previous book and, normally, I hate this trick (if you read my review of the adult MM romance, [b:Right as Raine|56326586|Right as Raine (Aster Valley #1)|Lucy Lennox|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1610241080l/56326586._SY75_.jpg|87756933], I loathe when this happens, but I did enjoy it in this series and not sure why), but I do hope the book doesn’t lose it selfishness. Both Bethany and Ebenezer, while wanting to be good people, can be awful: Bethany is quick to temper and can be cruel while Ebenezer is self-absorbed and quite materialist.
RTC
***Listened to Audiobook borrowed from library via BorrowBox, but just received eProof gifted by UK publisher via NetGalley in exchange for honest review/reaction for future blog tour in early 2022 - please note a fuller review will be written and updated nearer the time of tour***
As you guys probably know if you followed me in 2020 (The Year That Must Not Be Named), you would know one of my fave reads was [b:The Beast and the Bethany|48587521|The Beast and the Bethany|Jack Meggitt-Phillips|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1610798467l/48587521._SY75_.jpg|73923057] by Jack Meggitt-Phillips. It was just delightful with a deliciously dark edge of Roald Dahl to it. So, of course, I wanted to read/audiobook the sequel, The Revenge of the Beast. I am going to admit that when I did go into this, fearful that this wouldn’t be as fun as the first, but I dived in anyway.
Taking place a few weeks after The Beast and The Bethany, the youthful-looking 511 Ebenezer Tweezer is trying to come to terms of life without the Beast. But he has The Bethany, once notorious prankster, who is keeping him on his toes. She and her parrot friend, Claudette, are determined that she and Ebenezer must de-Beast their lives and do some do-gooding. But both are finding this trickier than they first thought: Ebenezer is missing the gifts that the Beast vomited, Bethany is finding that her prankster past is making it hard for her to do some good, and both aren’t exactly sure how to be good people.
Plus, there’s something off with Claudette. Even since she ate the Beast, she’s been … well, not herself.
Ok, you probably guess most of the plot of this middle-grade. But, you know what? I didn’t really mind – this was such fun! I audiobooked this in two days. Very rare for me to do blitz an audiobook is two days. But this was fun, silly with a slight bite to it.
I am intrigued to see where this is going to do (the final chapter gave a good hint of the direction, something that happened in the previous book and, normally, I hate this trick (if you read my review of the adult MM romance, [b:Right as Raine|56326586|Right as Raine (Aster Valley #1)|Lucy Lennox|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1610241080l/56326586._SY75_.jpg|87756933], I loathe when this happens, but I did enjoy it in this series and not sure why), but I do hope the book doesn’t lose it selfishness. Both Bethany and Ebenezer, while wanting to be good people, can be awful: Bethany is quick to temper and can be cruel while Ebenezer is self-absorbed and quite materialist.