Publication Date: May 4, 2021
Edition: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook; 315 pgs
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Source: Rockstar Book Tours
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“So how do we stop the Monsters?” Saneema asked. “Especially if none of us are here on Saturday and Sunday?”
“Well, we can start by figuring out how they’re getting into camp,” Catherine-Lucille said. “We’re in the middle of nowhere. Monsters usually hate that. They like being around people they can torture and feed on. There’s no scary bedrooms here, and we keep all our stuff under the bunks. There’s no basements or attics for them to hide in. So where are they, and how are they getting here?
“We need to keep our eyes and ears open, listen at doors when the counselors are talking. We need to make sure every weird incident is reported to us. First. So we can see if there’s a pattern or something. We need to find every potentially scary location at the camp. Dark, deserted, dismal—Monster spots. We need to ID them and set up guards.
“And we need. To make. More. Stuffies.”
Liz Braswell spent her childhood reading fairy tales, catching frogs, and going on adventures in the woods with her stuffed animals. She has a degree in Egyptology from Brown University (and yes, she can write your name in hieroglyphs). After making video games for ten years Liz now writes full-time and plays video games for fun. She has written Snow, Rx, The Nine Lives of Chloe King, and several books in the best-selling Twisted Tale series, including Part of Your World and As Old as Time. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, two children, a cat, a part-time dog, three fish, and five coffee trees, and still sleeps with a Stuffy.
Disclaimer: I received a copy from the publisher as part of a blog tour in exchange for an honest review. My thoughts and opinions are my own.
Tour Schedule
Week One
4/26/2021 - Kait Plus Books - Review
4/26/2021 - PopTheButterfly - Review
4/27/2021 - Nerdophiles - Review
4/27/2021 - booksaremagictoo - Review
4/28/2021 - The Momma Spot - Review
4/28/2021 - BookHounds Ya - Review
4/29/2021 - For the Love of KidLit - Interview
4/29/2021 - fictitious.fox - Review
4/30/2021 - Moonlight Rendezvous - Review
4/30/2021 - I'm Shelfish - Review
Week Two
5/3/2021 - Midnightbooklover - Review
5/3/2021 - Two Points of interest - Review
5/4/2021 - Books a Plenty Book Reviews - Review
5/4/2021 - Eli to the nth - Review
5/5/2021 - The Book Nut : A Book Lovers Guide - Review
5/5/2021 - Little Red Reads - Review
5/6/2021 - Lifestyle of Me - Review
5/6/2021 - Celiamcmahonreads - Review
5/7/2021 - michellemengsbookblog - Review
5/7/2021 - A Dream Within A Dream - Excerpt
The Summary
No Stuffy has ever gone into the Darkness and returned....
Clark can’t wait to go away to camp this year. For the first time ever, he has actual friends to hang out with. Catherine-Lucille and D. A. will both be at Camp I Can with Clark, and C. L. has already promised to induct him into her exclusive camp club—the one for campers who know everything there is to know about the world of Monsters and how Stuffies protect kids from them. And now that he knows (or suspects . . . very strongly) that his grandma-made Stuffy, Foon, heroically saved his own father from a horrible fate, Clark is obviously bringing Foon to camp along with him.
But once Clark gets to camp, he and his friends discover things are off. There are strange, gooey findings in some of the bunks, the adults are acting weird, and, worst of all, their Stuffies and dolls go missing right at the moment they need them the most—when they go on the intersession camping trip and end up trapped in a creepy old cabin. What Clark and his friends don’t know, and what the mighty Foon soon discovers, is that the Monsters have launched a revenge campaign against Foon—a campaign that entails sucking the very life out of Clark. Now it’s up to Foon to enter the World of Darkness and take on the Monster in charge in order to stop the plot and save Clark’s life.
In the long tradition of Stuffies vs. Monsters, this one’s a battle for the ages—one that will certainly go down in Stuffy history.
My Review
The second book in the series by Liz Braswell, Into Darkness (Stuffed #2) expands upon the world we are introduced to in Stuffed--the world of monsters and Stuffies.
Now just like most kids, I had some beloved stuffies (I still have a few that keep me safe), and I knew that they had special abilities. In Stuffed, we were introduced to this world, and in Into Darkness, this world will have to be defended once again. Because you see there are terrible, horrible, disgusting monsters that live in the creepy corners and the shadows; ones who suck the energy from unsuspecting humans. But Stuffies keep their humans (and even humans they may not know) safe from the monsters. And there is no more heroic a Stuffy than Foon, the warrior stuffy that saved the Boy's (we know him as Clark) Dad from a horrible death at the hand of the King of all monsters.
Now that Clark is keyed into the world of monsters versus Stuffies, he and the friends he made at Camp I Can are tracking the monster activity. Meanwhile, Foon and his fellow Stuffies are preparing for what seems to be an even more sinister monster plot. Into Darkness brings Humans and Stuffies together again, working to fight back the monsters.
This is action-packed, funny, and a little frightening--a perfect combo for the adventurous middle grade reader. The world of Stuffies is one all kids can relate too, and so many adults (because who didn't have/still has their favorite Stuffy?). The pacing is a little slow at times, but when the action flows, it makes up for it. I love seeing the human world from the stuffies perspective, and then also getting the view point of Clark and his friends. Once you dive in, you'll never see your own stuffed animals the same way. Pick up Book 1, Stuffed, and Book 2, Into Darkness, at your local bookstore as soon as possible!
Final Rating
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“Well, we can start by figuring out how they’re getting into camp,” Catherine-Lucille said. “We’re in the middle of nowhere. Monsters usually hate that. They like being around people they can torture and feed on. There’s no scary bedrooms here, and we keep all our stuff under the bunks. There’s no basements or attics for them to hide in. So where are they, and how are they getting here?
“We need to keep our eyes and ears open, listen at doors when the counselors are talking. We need to make sure every weird incident is reported to us. First. So we can see if there’s a pattern or something. We need to find every potentially scary location at the camp. Dark, deserted, dismal—Monster spots. We need to ID them and set up guards.
“And we need. To make. More. Stuffies.”
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Giveaway
3 winners will receive a finished copy of STUFFED: INTO DARKNESS (Stuffed #2). US Only.
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