League of 7 book review

This book is truly amazing. I don't know how Alan Gratz came up with this stuff. The League of Seven was written in 2014. It is about a kid who wants to be a hero and finds out that he isn't one. His name is Archie. Archie is looking for his parents who were abducted by Manglespawn.  There is a secret society called the Septemberests. They are the only ones who remember that a league of 7 comes every 100 years and puts the evil mangleborn back to sleep. He then finds two others that are part of the league of 7. Their names are Hachi and Fergus. Archie the strongman, Hatchi the warrior and Fergusthe tinker. This book is about their adventures.

It is placed in America in the 1800s. Anyone looking for a steampunk book is right at home here.

My favorite part of the book is when they go into the puzzle trap and they have to recall nursery rhymes to get through. The puzzle trap is a deadly machine that a previous League of 7 created to keep the Mangleborn in and intruders out. In one part there are gears that look rusty in an opening in the floor, but it's not rust, it's blood. And to make it even more scary the floor moves out from under Archie, Hachi and Fergus while they are trying to figure out how to get through the trap. If you want to know how they got out you will have to read it yourself.

I would totally recommend this book to anyone who likes machines and monsters. This book is a perfect mix of both.  I will be writing soon, bye!!