Tinder by Sally Gardner - review
Tinder by Sally Gardner is a great book, full of dark magic, mystery and terrifying monsters.
The main character, Otto Hundebiss, defies creepy Death and goes on a Journey to find his one true love, a beautiful woman called Safire. It’s based on Hans Christian Anderson’s The Tinderbox but is written in a spookier version packed with evil queens and dark forests which set the mood on edge.
The book would not be the same without David Roberts’ haunting illustrations. The cover itself is a true masterpiece and it draws you in. Gardner mixes up the style of the language, using some old world language and some new.
It was hard to read the book before I went to bed without being scared that maybe some sort of haunting creature would be behind the door!
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