The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding by Alexandra Bracken
Series: The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding, #1
Genre: Paranormal | Fantasy
Age Range: Middle Grade
Format: Hardcover, 362 pages
Source: Birthday gift from my sister
Published on September 5th 2017 by Disney-Hyperion
Alexandra Bracken: Website | Twitter | Goodreads
I would say it’s a pleasure to meet thee, Prosperity Oceanus Redding, but truly, I only anticipate the delights of destroying thy happiness.
I rarely ever pick up middle grade books unless they’re written by Rick Riordan. I almost didn’t even give this one a chance but come on demons!
I liked that Prosperity was a straight D student. It always makes me feel like the worst student ever when I see book characters been smart af all the time. I thought it was fitting that he knew greek mythology so well since Percy Jackson is one of my favorite middle grade books.
You guys know how much I love Hopper from Bloodlines, right? I think Toad became my second favorite magical creature. A kitten with bat wings? How cute is that.
I didn’t really like Prue in most of the book. I felt like she didn’t really care for her brother after she got better. She laughed at her brother instead of standing up to him. I just felt bad for Prosper just wanting to be accepted.
All in all I loved this book and I didn’t see that ending coming! I can’t wait to read book two and to see where Bracken takes this world to.

ooooo see I know we have a shared reading taste, and I’ve been humming and aaahing over whether to give this one a go. Mainly cause I loved the Darkest Minds series by Bracken, and I’m super tempted now…cause you rated it 5 stars. But also I’m not a huge fan of MG… *muses and peruses her library to see if they have it in*
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I still haven’t read the Darkest Minds but I did enjoy Passenger! I don’t usually go for MG either but since it had to do with demons I had to give it a chance.
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Glad to hear you enjoyed this one. I haven’t read it myself, but I do really like a good MG novel.
-Lauren
http://www.shootingstarsmag.net
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I rarely read middle school books but this sounds like such a fun read that I might consider picking it up! Great post!
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I usually only read demon romance books so this was nice change and I really ended up enjoying it
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I don’t often read Middle Grade but this sounds like a delight! Great review!
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me neither but i loved this one, probably because i love demons.
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I’ve wanted to read this one for a while, but I wanted to wait and see what other people thought of it first. I’m so glad that you liked it! I’ll have to borrow The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding from the library. 😀
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hopefully you’ll enjoy it as much as i did! it was a nice surprise how much i enjoyed it 🤗
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