Language: R (7 swears, 1 ‘f’); Mature Content: PG-13 (underage drinking); Violence: PG-13 (Stabbing, shooting, tied up)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
In 1913, Frances is now a teacher at Haxahaven in New York. She and Maxine are traveling to Paris and picking up their mutual friend Lena on the way. They travel six days on a fancy ship then stay at Maxine’s family home once they reach Paris. Frances hasn’t told Lena and Maxine that she received a letter from Finn or that she wants to visit her father who abandoned her family when she was young. She meets her father and is underwhelmed with his reaction and his personality. Finn doesn’t evoke trustworthiness but Frances feels that she has to work with him to fix the damage the two of them caused when reaching the veil and speaking to her deceased brother William. Frances and her friends are determined to fix the magic problem caused by the veil breach and they need all the help they can get.
I dislike how Frances continues to take the blame for everything even when it’s proven things weren’t her fault. I like Oliver tremendously and Lena and Maxine are dynamic characters. I enjoy the setting and the mysterious atmosphere in the catacombs and the teamwork. I also like the mixed ethnicities. LGBT characters briefly mentioned.
LynnDell Watson, Delta High School Librarian
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