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Ben 's life is pretty tough at the moment; between his constantly fighting parents, the stress of exams, and everyone's ridiculously high expectations of him, he's feeling pretty overwhelmed. But Ben also has a dark strange gift: he can see the Otherlife, a world of where ancient Norse myths, wildness and danger. It means freedom from exams, warring parentslegends are recreated, and everyone's impossible expectationsa place of escape for him. Then When Ben meets Hobie, a charming, ruthless bully. He's a charismatic born mischief-maker who always gets away with it. Hobie has everything he could possibly ever want. Except , the Otherlifetwo become fast friends. And he'll do anything But Hobie longs to be a part of the Otherlife, and is prepared to do anything to become one with it. Anything..
When I first opened up the book, I didn't really know what I was expecting. I could tell by the blurb that this was going to be quite a dark book, but I didn't really expect it to be this dark or mentally demanding. It's a good book, nevertheless.