One Safe Place

Read it here: http://db-bookblogger.blogspot.co.za/?m=1

I don't really read middle grade novels, mostly because I'm not middle grade (and even when I was I didn't read middle grade novels), but also because most of my reading nowadays are fanfiction.

But I chose this book because it had an intriguing summary. While I read the book I kept looking at the back and reading the blurb - mostly to just remind myself of the story.

This was a really good read. The characters were really well written and were amazingly brave throughout everything they had to face and worked well with the others (as they're all kids in an orphanage-type-of-place).

The plot was fantastic as it drew me in and kept me at the edge of my seat. It was a rather slow plot, and most of the action happens in the last 100 or so pages. Though that isn't much of a turn off as it allowed the reader to think about what is happening, which is pretty cool, because it gives you the chance to be a detective (something I love after watching a gazillion cop shows).

So yes, read it. Not just because it's set in an orphanage or because the child characters are cool and take charge. Read it because it's a mysterious work of art. Oh and because the author manages to add in synthesia (the one where you see colours or something) to the main character – which is really cool.