I absolutely love Evangeline Lilly. Lost is my favorite show ever. So of course I looked up all of the actors. When I found Evangeline Lilly's website there was a blog there and one of the categories was "Writing". I thought that what I read was great. I have a blog post that I did while ago when I first found her blog. You can check that out here (http://girlwithapenandadream.blogspot.com/2013/12/i-am-in-awe-of-evangeline-lillys-wrting.html) I was so excited when I read that she had a book coming out and I knew that I had to get it when it did. I think that I waited over a year before I was finally able to get my hands on this book. I was so excited when I did that I read it that night.

I thought that it was wonderful. It was more of a dark, cautionary children's tale. I liked that Evangeline Lilly wasn't afraid to approach a children's story in a darker way than a lot of children's authors today do. I thought that the writing was lyrical and poetic. Even though it was a cautionary tale it was fun to read just for the use of language alone. I like reading it out loud to hear how the poetic, lyrical lines sound. On top of that, the artwork was gorgeous and I could just look at the illustrations and be happy with the book. Put the two together and you have a magical, wonderful children's book that will become a permanent part of my library. And I will mot definitely be collecting all of the books that will be in this series. I adore this book. Evangeline Lilly has said that she wants to give adult writing a try and I'm very excited for when we get to read that.

I give The Squickerwonkers 5 stars!!

Review on http://girlwithapenandadream.blogspot.com