Children of the Red King #8: Charlie Bone and the Red Knight

Great series for the mind to dream. Even liked them as an adult.

This review refers to the audio version. This seems to be the last in the Charlie Bone "Children of the Red King" young adult fantasy series, and it was definitely a winner with all of the loose ends tied up nicely. Charlie's parents are still off on their second honeymoon, his friend Billy Raven has been captured by the evil enchanter Harken and trapped in Badlock, and Charlie must find a way to rescue him--and then discovers that his parents may be in danger as "Dagbert the Drowner's" father is in town, probably to do harm to the Bones by causing a disturbance in the sea. Charlie and his friends are also looking for a box that holds the Red King's true will, which leaves his true heir (believed to be Billy Raven, NOT Ezekiel Bloor!) as the owner of Bloor's Academy as well as much other property and wealth. Charlie and his friends are fighting the evil heirs of the Red King with all their magic and might on several fronts, and are helped in the background by the Red Knight--a mysteries figure that no one knows the identity of. As all the different threads begin coming together towards an exciting conclusion, Charlie and his friends' lives are hanging in the balance. Very well done, enjoyable end to this series, although the actual end itself was perhaps a bit rushed. I'm now going to have to seek out more books by this author, as she's got a couple of other series that were written before this one. Highly recommended, but do read these in order, or they won't make much sense.

This book tied up all the loose end from the other books. Some things were resolved faster than I would have liked but if it had taken longer would have been one really long book.

My kids have read all of the Charlie Bones books and were eagerly anticipating the new one! They were not disappointed. Great read!

This book was a great read and a great ending to the series. It wraps up the storyline well and leaves you with a smile on your face! I started reading the series to see if my girls would be interested and couldn't put them down! This was the perfect ending!

I have read this series, because I am giving them to my Grandson for Christmas. I found the ALL very entertaining and I think any child to adult would love them. This one is the final book in the series of the Red King. It needed to wrap-up the story line and did a very excellent job. I would recommend this book for everyone .... boys and girls children to adults. (easy reading)