Reckless
Reckless, Book 1

Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend. When Jacob Reckless was a boy, he discovered another world on the other side of the mirror in his father’s abandoned study. After keeping the mirror world secret for twelve years, Jacob’s younger brother finds h......more

Though not quite up there with the Inkheart trilogy, I still loved this book! Full of magic, danger and fantastical creatures. From Lorelai - mermaid/sirens, bird trees that kidnap their victims, handkerchiefs that can create money, the imagination in this book knows no bounds! Jacob Reckless found......more

Mit diesem Buch habe ich mich etwas schwergetan. Zu Beginn hatte ich erst den Gedanken, versehentlich den zweiten Band zu lesen, denn man wird direkt in die Geschichte geworfen. Ich hatte das Gefühl, etwas verpasst zu haben. Nun ist Fantasy eh nicht mein bevorzugtes Genre, und so hat es etwas gedaue......more

Some people call Cornelia Funke the German J.K. Rowling. She apparently hates to be called so (I like that about her). Of course she would, after all, she is her very own person with her very unique style. The only connection: they both write (or at least started with) children's books. I always read......more

This is the second time I‘ve read this book and it was just as enchanting as the first time around. There is a world behind mirrors that is home to all the creatures we know from fairytales: witches, fae, hintzelmen, man-eating wolves, dwarves, dragons, lorelai, water sprites, shapeshifters, mermaids......more