Disclaimer: I received this book from Ninetales Publishing. Thanks! All opinions are my own.



Rating: 4/5



Publication Date: January 29, 2019



Genre: YA Fantasy



Recommended Age: 16+ (fantasy elements and mystery abound!)



Publisher: Ninetales Publishing



Pages: 274



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Synopsis: Summerview Manor was a house with secrets. The disappearance of the original owner Theodore Phillips the Third was basically town legend. But Tabitha and her best friend Scott didn’t care. They’d wanted a place they could call home for as long as they could remember.

When they finally save up enough money to buy the old Victorian house, they thought the worst they’d have to deal with was roaches and sagging floorboards.

They couldn’t have been more wrong.

When a dusty gramophone turns a hard night of drinking into a quick slide through a portal into another realm, Tabitha thinks she might have solved the mystery of what happened to Theodore Phillips III. But will she and Scott be able to find their way home, or will their disappearance just become one more mystery for Summerview Manor?

Once Upon a...What? is a wild adventure through a magical world where the creatures are fantastical and shenanigans ensue.



Review: I thought this was a really quick and fun read! The characters were charming and the story was fun! The pacing was a bit fast, but it fit with the writing and story. The plot was sound and I really had fun reading this book!



However, I do think that the backstories could have been expanded on further in the book. I felt that the book didn't do so good at developing the characters as much as I would like and that the world might need a bit more development.



Verdict: A fun and fast read!