Cold Cereal

This book had me until the very end - the satirical look at breakfast cereals (who wouldn't want to try Burlap Crisp or KoKo Lumps?), the unicat, Harvey the semi-invisible rabbit-man were all fun and a little charming. I got the joke about Sir Reggie Dwight being John Doe. The idea that Emily and Er......more

Read the complete and original review at Word Spelunking Magical creatures (leprechauns, rabbit-men, fay, a might be bigfoot), clever young characters, wicked baddies, and an action packed, wildly fun and funny story…Cold Cereal by Adam Rex has everything you could ever want in an MG fantasy…and a he......more

Oh, Adam Rex. You are so cool, I can't really stand it. Example: In the prologue of this book, a series of people are passing by a pet carrier in an airport... "A woman with a tight ponytail that hoisted her face into a permanent, painted grin bent in front of the cage. 'Aw, hewwo, widdle Chihuahua,' s......more

I wanted to love this book . . . I really did. The premise of an evil cereal manufacturer stealing the magic of leprechauns, rabbits, and vampires to make its cereals so addicting is genius. But I just couldn't get into this book. It seemed like there was just one crazy thing happening after another......more

I have to give this book five stars for its utter originality. It is strange and funny and compelling at the same time. Adam Rex really had his work cut out when he devised this bizarre story, and he managed somehow to make every element plausible. I was really engaged. It's a book about an evil bre......more