I received a digital advance reading copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Grrr! However, despite all this angst, I will still recommend it for ages 11-14. I don’t even know how many books will BE in the series! I can’t wait to find out what happens next to Ellie, Otto and Pip, and the first book hasn’t even officially come out yet!! I actually enjoyed it, but the cliffhanger ending reminded me that nothing could be tied into a big bow until the series was completed.

I was upset I’d been hoodwinked, but gamely set about reading because I had to review it. When I downloaded it, the very first page said it was part one of a planned series. Neil Gaimans Coraline meets Stranger Things in a dark and twisted story about a sleepy. Neither site had the name of a series listed for the book, so I requested it. Read Thirteens by Kate Alice Marshall available from Rakuten Kobo. The description sounded really interesting on NetGalley and Goodreads. Those of you who are regulars on my blog know I refuse to read books in a series unless I have all of them in front of me. They’re next on the list to disappear without a trace, so will have to pull out all the stops if they plan to make it to their fourteenth birthday. Every 13 years, three thirteen-year-olds disappear. Thirteens by Kate Alice Marshall: 9780593117040 : Books. These strange similarities don’t seem coincidental so, working together, they discover the town is hiding a strange secret. It doesn’t take long to realize their names are palindromes, they’re all going to be thirteen years old on Halloween, and they all have the same birthmarks. She’s not going to tell them about the weird grandfather clock that just appeared outside of her room ticking backwards, and she’s certainly not going to tell them about the big, strange looking bird with a yellow eye that was staring at her while she waited for the bus.Īt school Ellie becomes friends with Pip and Otto, who clue her into the fact that they can also see things no one else sees but she has to keep it a secret. She’s determined to show them that she’s normal, because she and her mom used to see things nobody else saw. To be published August 18, 2020.Īfter a house fire and the disappearance of her mother, Ellie moved in with her aunt and uncle in the little town of Eden Eld.

Thirteens kate alice marshall