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A review by kristineisreading
Beastly Bones by William Ritter
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I read the first book in this series seven years ago and while I don't remember a damn thing about the plot, I do remember how fun and quirky it was. This second installment lives up to that memory. This is definitely a fast, light read with loveable characters and a unique mystery. I recently discovered that cozy fantasy is a genre that exists and I would say this fits that bill pretty well.
Abigail Rook, daughter of esteemed but sexist palentologist Daniel Rook, is settled into her role as assistant to the enigmatic detective Jackaby. The two of them live in harmony with their resident ghost Jenny and Jackaby's former assistant Douglas who is now a duck (something I assume I'm forgetting from the first book). The story opens with Jackaby and Abigail rescuing a litter of not-quite-kittens. They soon get called away to investigate the theft of a dinosaur bone in a village outside of town, and the story quickly snowballs from weird to weirder, in the best way. Along the way they interact with a whole host of quirky characters. There's magical beasts and feuding paleontologists and larger than life trappers and sassy reporters and it's all very charming. So charming, in fact, that I've already checked out the next one in the series. I'm just disappointed in myself for waiting this long to read these.
Abigail Rook, daughter of esteemed but sexist palentologist Daniel Rook, is settled into her role as assistant to the enigmatic detective Jackaby. The two of them live in harmony with their resident ghost Jenny and Jackaby's former assistant Douglas who is now a duck (something I assume I'm forgetting from the first book). The story opens with Jackaby and Abigail rescuing a litter of not-quite-kittens. They soon get called away to investigate the theft of a dinosaur bone in a village outside of town, and the story quickly snowballs from weird to weirder, in the best way. Along the way they interact with a whole host of quirky characters. There's magical beasts and feuding paleontologists and larger than life trappers and sassy reporters and it's all very charming. So charming, in fact, that I've already checked out the next one in the series. I'm just disappointed in myself for waiting this long to read these.