This one came in today's mail, as I won a copy from Goodreads. Having lost my ereader..again... I started reading this one. Remember when horror stories were really suspenseful and made you want to sleep with a light on, without being full of gratuitous guts, gore, and violence? Well, it seem the GREAT ones are back again! As my students would say, this book is 'creeping me out!' Thank you, Alisa Tangredi!
I lost track of the week... but not the book! I've now finished it, and I wasn't disappointed. A child is born, is orphaned, and is 'adopted' by a puppetmaker and his wife, who explain the child's mysterious scars by saying he was a 'lost puppet' who was found and his strings removed. The story has a 'Pinocchio'feel to it, although in this case, the puppets are manipulating the strings. I'm looking forward to the next book. Enjoy!