My dad and I both read it last year and loved it!

My teacher has this book in her class and she doesn't think it is that appropriate and I agree with her which is why I think Kids my age should not read this.

Some parts are kind of scary, a bit.

I think seth is a little disrespectful,but other than that its wonderful

When I read this book, I loved it. It is amazingly enjoyable, and every book in the series gets better than the last. As for the content: Language: Absolutely none. The kids tease eachother a little bit, but there is no cussing. Drugs: In the second book (I'm reviewing the entire series) to the last book, there as some "potions" that people can drink that give them "fake emotions" like false bravery, but no actual drug use. Violence: There is a little bit of violence, but nothing graphic or described. I really would recomend this book to anyone, no matter what the age. The only possible thing I can think of that some parents may not like is like the CommonSense review states, Seth is constantly disobeying. He does get better at making decisions throughout the books though. Bottom line, even if you don't like fantasy books, you'll probabl like this. I hate fantasy. XD

I ablsolutely love this series! It is my absolute favorite book series ever!

This novel I guess was okay. The characters were not really the greatest kids. I probably wouldn't want to meet them. The violence isn't too exciting and isn't really anything new. The plot: Two kids, Kendra and Seth have to spend their summer with their grandparents, who they haven't even met before. Their grandparents end up being caretakers of a magical refuge for mythical creatures such as, witches, fairies, goblins and the like. I guess Kendra and Seth are good siblings, but Seth is way too reckless. I have never, ever met any kid that stupid, or reckless with annoys me a lot. The only reason why I read it was because my Grandmother got for me, and I didn't want to just leave it on my bookshelf collecting dust. After I finished it, I still had a urge to read the rest, so my grandmother got me the next two books, and I really saw the beauty of this series... the excitement, and action that led ahead. I would of given this series two stars, but because I liked the other books, I'll give it one more. Because this review is sappose to be only about the first one in the series, I'll continue talking about the book. So, I guess if you want to get your kid something they'll really read get them a copy and see how they like them... enjoy!

I LOVEEE this this book! It might seriously be one of my favorite series ever! Everyone I know loves it, all my friends, my sister and her husband, even my mom and HER friends! But I can see how parents would be concerned about "demons" and such, I've always been aloud to read stuff like that, so my parents were okay with it. I wouldn't suggest this series if you don't want your kids reading that kind of stuff. :) These books are really awesome because there's a little bit of all my favorite things in them, as you get further into the series, Kendra has a love interest, but not at the point of being cheesy. Plus there's just enough fantasy, excitement, cliffhangers, evil characters, and mystery! Every book gets better and better! Like another user said, Seth does a LOT of stupid stuff through the series, he's a pretty bad role model...But Kendra, (His sister) is a very good role model, she's one of my favorite characters! And don't worry Seth finally starts to mature during the fifth book! :)