Thank you to Netgalley and Andrew McMeel Publishing company for my advanced copy audiobook of Archibald Finch and the Lost Witches by Michel Guyon.

Guyon gives us a hero in Archibald Finch who is the epitome of everything you would think to not be heroic and that is what truly appeals about the youngest member of the Finch family. He's introverted and extremely clever, a child who seems to know everything about everything although often, Archiband cannot explain just how he knows his latest tidbit of information. I love how realistic the Finch family are as a unit, and you can easily imagine the family living right next door - and for anyone who reads this story? You might just wish they did so you can find yourself apart of the adventure, after all? Who doesn't like a story about witches, monsters and mysteries?

As always, I don't want to ruin the story for you so I'm going to limit my spoilers, because I personally, hate them!

In the wake of moving into his late Grandmother's home with his family, an artifact sends Archiband to an unusual land with demons and the witches who have been held there for centuries- although they remain at the age they were snatched away. This unusual magical world is one that is terrifying for the anxious Archibald, and Guyon brings it to life with incredible world-building, the wonderful characteristics of the witches and monsters who emerge from rivers etcetera. I can honestly say that nothing on Earth would get me there willingly even as an adult - it's the perfect 'scary' world for children who will be eager to know more and probably relate to Archibald's horror at having to eat more vegetables than normal!

His sudden disappearance leaves those who love him bereft and confused but it's his normally disinterested sister who fights the hardest for answers and I love how she grows as a person from the typical teenager who wants her baby brother to disappear to someone who desperately wants to find Archibald and get  to just what happened to him. She is cast into a web of mysteries, men who should have been dead for centuries, magic and hundreds of questions as to just what and how the artifact came from and what it can do.

Everything is a fight to get Archibald home for  both Finch children when everything seems set to keep everyone where they are and I want more!The audio book is fantastic, read in such a manner that you are drawn into the story from the first till the last word and wow! Not fair to be left on such a ledge with that ending...

Go get yours no matter how old you are.