This is such an adorable, creative puzzle book! Definitely not so easy that you could breeze through them all in one sitting. Perfect for kids who love sci fi, because some of the puzzles go with the theme of the author's published books. I would absolutely recommend picking up this puzzle book to go along with her other published works as a gift for your kids!

One of those would-you-rather poser books, but also a puzzle book with it, as they're all in code. It does help pad the page out a lot, seeing as by the time a creator has filled a couple hundred pages with "would you prefer seven fingers on each hand, or three?" type quandaries you've probably scraped more than the barrel. We get a friendly approach to these puzzles, of course, with instructions and solving tips – mind you, the most bleedin' obvious tip, about looking for the OR to get two free letters every code, is left out. But we get one puzzle per page, with a pictorial clue on the flip, so we know what cosmic hair and a brain leech might actually look like.

The tests get nicely harder as we progress, with codes becoming numerical at one point, or wing-ding type symbols as opposed to mere letter-swaps. That said, I do wonder if the ability to solve the problems puts you in a mindset where the questions themselves aren't a touch too daft, and the options a mite too silly. But enough kids are both clever enough for this and happily zany enough to be on its wavelength too, so this should count as a success. It certainly occupies you for more time than the straightforward, code-free version. Now if you'll excuse me I'm off to picture myself with naked mole rat teeth...

A “guess the secret code” puzzle book, perfect for school aged children’s and teens.

Most of us are familiar with the “Would You Rather?” game and in this book, you have to decode the secret messages that are wacky and fun, with silly cartoons to helps us along and once it’s figured out - then would you rather question can be answered and boy are they funny.

As you go through each one, they get a little more difficult and even crazier and even I had fun decoding these and found them hilarious.

It encourages critical thinking, concentration, literacy, creativity, pattern recognition and just having loads of fun!

I will be purchasing multiple copies of this for Christmas gifts this year - so thank-you NetGalley, Quixar Press and Loris Owen for the Digital ARC in exchange for an honest review and also for giving me some Christmas/Gift inspiration!