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Juniper Berry ReviewSubtitled "a tale of terror and temptation", Juniper Berry is a modern day fairy tale. Our heroine is the brave preteen, Juniper Berry. Juniper is the daughter of film actors, who have become very famous over the course of the past few years. The more famous they have become, the more odd they have acted and the more they have distanced themselves from her. She is sad and lonely and would willingly give up everything to have her old life back.
One day she spots a boy about her age, trespassing in her woods. Over the course of conversation with her new friend, she discovers that his parents, too, are famous and distant. Even worse: Giles has seen them doing something very odd in Juniper's woods.
Piecing together the unthinkable, Juniper and Giles set out to save their parents from whatever influence is causing this behavior. What they discover changes them both, and Juniper faces tough choices, terrible temptation, but comes through a true fairy tale heroine.
Juniper Berry is told from an omniscient narrator and occasionally uses words that I feel are probably not in the vocabulary of a 9-12 year old. This happens early in the book, though, and the narration evens out as the story builds. It has a good pace, and the story unfolds smoothly. The characters of Juniper and Giles are particularly appealing, making their weaknesses seem all the more vulnerable and believable. Juniper's parents are truly horrible, and the reader is able to feel Juniper's mix of hurt and confusion, making the redemption of said parents even sweeter.
Like most fairy tales, Juniper Berry has a moral, and it is spelled out very plainly at the end by the wood chopper (yes, there IS a wood chopper, told you this is a fairy tale!), Dmitri: "There will always be temptation, wherever we go in life, with whatever we do. There will always be an easier way out. But there's nothing to gain from that. We have to overcome such urges; we have to be stronger. I fought hard and won."
While the moral of this story is a good one, it came across a bit preachy to me. I felt like this moral of resisting temptation and winning as a result was obvious from Juniper's actions and didn't need to be spelled out. However, I am not one of the targeted age-group; I am an adult reader.
This was Kozlowsky's first novel, and overall he did well. There are a few things (namely vocabulary and blatant moralizing) that I think could be improved, and I expect will be improved with his next publication. I hope he is published again soon, and would look forward to reading another of his fairy tales.Juniper Berry Overview
Juniper Berry's parents are the most beloved actor and actress in the world—but Juniper can't help but feel they haven't been quite right lately. And she and her friend Giles are determined to find out why.

On a cold and rainy night, Juniper follows her parents as they sneak out of the house and enter the woods. What she discovers is an underworld filled with contradictions: one that is terrifying and enticing, lorded over by a creature both sinister and seductive, who can sell you all the world's secrets bound in a balloon. For the first time, Juniper and Giles have a choice to make. And it will be up to them to confront their own fears in order to save the ones who couldn't.

M.P. Kozlowsky's debut is a modern-day fairy tale of terror, temptation, and ways in which it is our choices that make us who we are.


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