Review: Face "Defies classification - But It's Definitely A Fantasy Classic"

Book review: The Face in the FrostProspero is a magician who lives in a very unusual (and very cluttered) house. When his friend Roger Bacon comes to visit, they both realize something is seriously amiss. There have been many signs and portents - a huge, malicious moth, a skeletal bird, bad omens from magical mirrors. After Prospero examines a book Bacon has brought with him, he realizes an old enemy is behind this, and is plotting evil. Prospero and Bacon set out to thwart said evil; during their journeys, they encounter many magical and mundane problems, and rely on their wits as much as their magic to save them.

By turns creepy, suspenseful, and funny, Bellairs' first book defies classification - but it's definitely a fantasy classic.

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