Awfully Familiar is a new take on the story of the Pied
Piper. When I finally sat down to read the
book I found it very difficult to put down.
The story focuses on a rat named Scrap; who it turns out was
really a boy turned into a rat by an evil wizard. It begins with scrap being forced to fight
against dogs for the entertainment of some kids. Afterward, he is thrown into a maze where he
meets two goblins and another rat named Switch.
After escaping being eaten by the goblins, Scrap and Switch escape and
make it to the wilderness where the rat kingdom is. There Scrap is half-welcomed since he is not
a real rat, but an enchanted one. As the
story progresses Scrap finds himself the prisoner of an ogre, whom he later
escapes and then becomes trapped in a witch’s house. In his pursuit of learning what happened to
him and how he got turned into a rat, Scrap eventually makes it back to the
city where it all began. There he tries
to stop a war between the Piper and another man named Black, but of course the
wizard shows up. At that point, Scrap
has to figure out how to stop a war, stops a power mad wizard, and get changed
back into human form.
I found the story to be engaging. Even though it is based on an age old tale of
the Pied Piper, it has enough twists in there to make it wholly different and
new. The writing style is easy to follow
and with all the twists in the story the reader stays engaged.
I actually liked the book and would recommend it to others.
It is available on Amazon.com.
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