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From Goodreads:
The body you are wearing used to be mine.
So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas is holding when she awakes in a London park surrounded by bodies all wearing latex gloves. With no recollection of who she is, Myfanwy must follow the instructions her former self left behind to discover her identity and track down the agents who want to destroy her.
She soon learns that she is a Rook, a high-ranking member of a secret organization called the Chequy that battles the many supernatural forces at work in Britain. She also discovers that she possesses a rare, potentially deadly supernatural ability of her own.
So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas is holding when she awakes in a London park surrounded by bodies all wearing latex gloves. With no recollection of who she is, Myfanwy must follow the instructions her former self left behind to discover her identity and track down the agents who want to destroy her.
She soon learns that she is a Rook, a high-ranking member of a secret organization called the Chequy that battles the many supernatural forces at work in Britain. She also discovers that she possesses a rare, potentially deadly supernatural ability of her own.
I found this book whilst looking through the Kindle summer offers and I'm glad that I took the risk and bought it. It was such a fun read and I found that I couldn't put it down. I have always loved the idea of a secret organisation and this one was no different. Watching Myfanwy try and disguise her loss of memory to others in the group was always interesting and I found myself really invested in the character.
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I thought I was very familiar with the story of Peter Pan. I'd watched adaptations including the (1953!!) animated Disney film and Spielberg's 1991 film, Hook and it feels like a story that you just knew from your childhood. Since I was doing this challenge though I thought I'd read the book they were all based on and I found myself constantly surprised by it. The book reads much more eerily and adult than any of the adaptations I was familiar with. I also found Peter Pan to be extremely cocky, annoying and a bit of an idiot. The book was fun to read and I enjoyed tales of their adventures but I found myself worrying about Peter. He has terrible problems with his memory, he doesn't really care for anyone else and he has trouble differentiating between make believe and real life. And not in a cute childish way either. He does it when it comes to food so the Lost Boys never know if they'll get a real meal or just a make believe one! I'm so glad I read this book and despite what I've said I did enjoy it. I guess I was just surprised how different it was to what I'd imagined.
So those are my books for the week and they bring my total to 43/50. I can't believe how close I'm getting to 50 now. As always you can keep up with what I'm currently reading on my Goodreads page or look at past weeks of the challenge here.
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