4 stars
Another adorable, fun adventure. This one is a bit spooky with a nice mystery to solve. Great follow up to the first book. It continues the story, providing new mysteries and development of the overall plot, while still leaving some open ends to be discovered throughout the rest of the series.
The mystery itself was well done. Butler provides enough details (and Damant even slips a few in the illustrations) that readers can follow along and try to figure out who’s behind the mysterious happenings. I tend to dislike mysteries where the author makes the reader dependent on them to solve the mystery. It’s so much more fun to examine the clues and try to see where it’s going. This one has a few twists and turns, but provides a manageable mystery for readers to try to keep up with.
Such a great idea for a series. Definitely enjoying it so far and am excited to read the next book.