It may seem like The Bookymom fell off a cliff. But, I promise I haven’t. It’s just that I am working my way through a 900 pager and it’s October — Halloween time which means lots of kid fun, but limited reading time.
In the meantime, I have taken a break from the 900 pager to read something that I was hoping would put me in a spooky/creepy mood. I picked up Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. 
Miss Peregrine is published by Quirk Books, a publishing company that is always printing clever and interesting concept books. Think: 
Miss Peregrine follows the pattern of Quirk Books and is an interesting and clever idea. Author Ransom Riggs collected old pictures and pieced them together into a story about children with strange talents/supernatural powers. They are being hunted by evil creatures and hidden by special women who watch over and protect them. I love the idea. Very clever and the pictures add a lot to the story.
However as I read the book, I could tell that certain elements of the story were thrown in so Riggs could make use of a certain photo. Additionally, the story development leaves a little something to be desired and the plot is not as well as developed as I would like.
I also have an issue with the “love interest” aspect of the story. It seems to happen a little quickly and (without giving too much away) I think the main character Jacob’s attitude toward his love interest is a little to simplistic and not written with enough emotion/conflict.
Based on my criticism you may wonder why I am looking forward to the next book, 
The Booky Mom 