House of Secrets (House of Secrets, #1)

by Chris Columbus and Ned Vizzini

HOUSE OF SECRETS follows three siblings and their family as they are forced to move to a mysterious new house in San Francisco and end up embarking on a journey to retrieve a dark book of untold power. The first story in an epic fantasy adventure trilogy!

When Brendan, Cordelia and Nell move to Kristoff House they have no idea that they are about to unleash the dark magic locked within. For the house once belonged to a crazed writer, whose stories have come to life. Literally. Now the Walker kids must battle against deadly pirates, bloodthirsty warriors and a bone-crunching giant. If they fail they will never see their parents again and a power-mad Witch will take over the world. No pressure then . . .

House of Secrets is the first book in a major new series. IT’S GOING TO BE EPIC!

• ISBN13: 9780007490158
• Publish Date: 27 February 2014 (first published 23 April 2013)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 30 December 2022
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
• Imprint: HarperCollins
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 560
• Language: English
• URL: http://harpercollins.co.uk

Reviews

[Nicole Lynn]

Finally finished this one. Definitely a strong action-packed beginning with really well written characters, but towards the middle it began to crawl for me. I felt like they just kept hitting set back after set back and I began to loose interest. The writing and action wasn't pulling me in like it should have. I had to put it aside and kind of push myself to finish it. When I picked it back up it was a quick read to the finish, but still seemed to lack something for me. Of course I am reading this from an adult POV so maybe younger readers wouldn't mind all the repeated setbacks? IDK, but I'm going to give book 2 a try in the future to see if it's any better. :)