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Hocus & Pocus: The Legend of Grimm's Woods

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I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I remember when I was little and would read all of the choose your own adventure books, which were so much fun! It was kind of challenging in e-book form BUT I know in physical form this would be amazing. This is definitely something that I am going to get for my daughter, she will love it. It is very interactive, there are even puzzles that you can solve! The graphics were great, and all the characters were super cute. This was a great story filled with adventure and felt like I was playing a video game.
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Choose your own adventure in a comic book format. The graphics are crisp and adorable.great color palette. The fun adventure and artwork reminds me of the game app, Tiny Thief.  Great adventure but best viewed on print. Can’t wait for more adventures in the future.
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This is so much fun and so inventive. I had a digital copy so it didn't work *quite* as well but I've had a few goes choosing my own adventure and have had fun each time. I love the illustration style and would recommend to everyone.
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Manuro has created something that I didn't think possible - a Choose Your Own Adventure-style in graphic novel format! Readers will be intrigued not only by the illustrations, but by the narrative when they can read it over and over again with different results!
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Choose your own adventure combined with a graphic novel.  Yes please!!!  How awesome is this book, so awesome that I need a print copy stat!  What a wonderful idea and the execution is excellent.  As the reader you get your clues both in the text and in the illustrations.  Plus it is put on like a game where you have to feed your magical creature or else he is asleep and not there to give you needed magical powers.  Did I mention you can pick the character you play as, so that increases the number of story lines.I am completely in love with this book.  Thank you Quirk Books for bringing back my fav type childhood books!!!!!!
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My only previous experience with "choose you own adventure" style comics is Jason Shiga's Meanwhile, which worked fantastically due to all the different arrows you could easily follow through the book. I truly loved Hocus & Pocus; The Legend of Grimm's Woods for different reasons. I completely messed it up the first time I went through as I missed the numbers in the panels, but once I got the hang of it, I decided that the small-scale "D&D" format with character stat sheet was absolutely perfect! I will definitely be purchasing this title for my library and will keep an eye out for more titles like this.
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Hocus & Pocus: The Legend of Grimm’s Woods is a fun and engaging adventure story.  You begin by selecting your character-Hocus or Pocus-and a magical creature. Both stories were great so feel free to pick either one. Begin at panel 1 and start your adventure! You have to help your character solve puzzles, get out of danger, and navigate the fairytale land.  Each panel offers multiple story choices so the book can be read over and over with multiple outcomes. I read this on the iPad so there was lots of swiping through pages-I think I would prefer physical book, but overall it's a very fun reading experiences. I gave it to the 10 year old and he really enjoyed it. Highly recommend! 
Available from Quirk Books on September 4, 2018
Thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.
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