Kayleen (jegka) reviewed on 5/26/2009 + 162 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

This was a fun story with a 11 year old British sleuth as the heroine. It had a wicked wittiness and read easily, like a YA novel. Her relationships were a bit pat. I almost expected the two sisters to be Cinderella's step-sisters. It was a nice mystery in that it presented you all the clues to do with what you could. I had it figured out slightly early, but I prefer that to the mysteries in which, at the last moment, the sleuth pulls out a odd bit of trivia that the readers couldn't possibly have known. (And yes, I'm a geek. I enjoyed the chemistry involved.) All the parts to the mystery were included and gave the reader the puzzle to solve. I will happily get the next Flavia de Luce mystery.

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