Scratch scratch scratch… scratching the surface; that’s what this book feels like.  Batson and Hopper lay a fantastic foundation for your series and I can’t even begin to tell you how fun and interesting this book was.

I think this would be a perfect  Christmas gift for your kids this year.  I LOVED this book! It was soooo easy to get into and I was engrossed in a matter of minutes with it.  It sort of reminds me of “The Never-Ending Story” meets “Lord of The Rings”

So what’s it about?

The Seven succeeding Elven Lords of Allyra were dead, lost in the Siege of Berinfell as babes.  At least that’s what everyone thought until tremors from a distant world known as Earth, revealed strange signs that Elven blood lived among its peoples. With a glimmer of hope in their hearts, sentinels are sent to see if the signs are true. But theirs is not a lone errand. The ruling warlord of Allyra, the Spider King, has sent his own scouts to hunt down the Seven and finish the job they failed to complete many ages ago.

Now 13-year-olds on the brink of the Age of Reckoning when their Elven gifts will be manifest, discover the unthinkable truth that their adoptive families are not their only kin. With mysterious Sentinels revealing breathtaking secrets of the past, and dark strangers haunting their every move, will the young Elf Lords find the way back to the home of their birth? Worlds and races collide as the forces of good and evil battle.  Will anyone escape the Curse of the Spider King?

Curse of the Spider King by Wayne Thomas Batson and  Christopher Hopper is excellent!  And I know it’s ment of kids aged 9-12, but I loved it and think it is a interesting series to read at any age.  I was actually surprised at how much I liked it.  It was an easy read, but had depth.   The story takes two folds in it; one is in the book (as telling the history of the Elven Lords) and one is present day.  My favorite part was the present day part of the story.   I enjoyed the introduction to each character and that it all moves the story forward.   I love that you can relate to the Elvens in the real world; sort of a Harry Potterish story of  misfits not knowing why their life is the way it is until it unfolds before their eyes.  I can just see kids delving into this and oooing and ahhhing the way I felt about it!  It really makes your imagination work and the adventure is as though it could happen to any one of us.

The part I didn’t like… SPIDERS … ick!  need I say more???  lol seriously.  I hate those things.  Okay seriously, the worst part is that I have to wait for the  next part to come out!  I want to read it now!!!!!

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Brandon Barr
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Tina Kulesa
Melissa Lockcuff
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Mirtika
Nissa
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Cara Powers
Chawna Schroeder
James Somers
Speculative Faith
Robert Treskillard
Fred Warren
Jason Waguespac
Phyllis Wheeler
Jill Williamson
KM Wilsher

** This book was provided for my honest opinion from the CSFF blog tour.