Book Review: Hoax for Hire

Genre: Middle Grade

Publication Date: August 27, 2019

Synopsis: The McNeil family have always been professional hoaxers—tricking bystanders into believing they’re seeing legendary creatures like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster. Unlike the rest of his family, twelve-year-old Grayson hates hoaxing and wants nothing to do with the business—even when the McNeils land a huge job and must pull off four sea-monster hoaxes in a week. But when things go disastrously wrong and Dad and Gramps go missing, Grayson and his brother, Curtis, are the only people who can finish the job and save their family.

Plot (4 stars): It's a cute story that follows two brothers. The youngest one is twelve and the oldest is old enough to drive, but I'm not sure of actual age. They have to carry on the family business of pulling of hoaxes. Things get complicated and they wind up having to risk everything to pull off the grand slam of hoaxes.

Characters (5 stars): Grayson and Curtis have such well developed personalities. The reader watches as they grow as people and in their brotherly bond throughout their adventure. Gramps has my favorite personality of everyone though. He is very funny!

Writing (3 stars): The writing was great, but there was sometimes too much and it made the story go a little slow for my tastes. There were a lot of chapters where I just read the first line of each paragraph and the dialogue. I was just a bit bored reading all the details of everything. It was great for the character development, but I loved the characters even though I skipped a lot of it.

Overall: This was such a cute book that, I think, my son would have enjoyed. It's great for the age range it's intended for! I give it 4 stars! ****

After spending six years teaching the fine art of dream chasing as a teacher, Laura Martin is enjoying every minute of this lifelong dream of being an author. She lives in the Indianapolis area with her family. She is also the author of Float and the Edge of Extinction series. Visit her website at www.lauramartinbooks.com.

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I received this book in exchange for an honest review.