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Shadowghast
by Thomas Taylor
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for gifting me an e-arc of this book.
I've been loving this series so far, the first two books had already solidified this as a favourite middle grade series for me and this third instalment in the series continues to remind me why I love it so much. This book really set the scene for creepy and reading it during spooky season was the best decision I made, especially seeing as during this book they are preparing for their Autumn event Ghastly Night. The atmosphere in this book, especially during the scenes on Ghastly Night itself and when they're exploring an area they think they might find answers was incredible, and at points it gave me goosebumps. Definitely a step up on this atmospheric writing, which was already high on the scale with the first two books, and it felt like the stakes were much higher in this one than in the previous two books.
With people going missing it's down to Herbie and Violet to once again figure out what's going on and try and save the day. At the same time someone turns up in Eerie-on-Sea claiming to be Herbie's aunt, and while Herbie is instantly thrilled to have possible found some family, Violet is sceptical so they also have to figure out if she really is Herbie's aunt or not. I love how this book really tests Herbie and Violet's friendship by throwing these curveballs at them, while they're also trying to solve the mystery of the missing people; one of which is someone close to them. We also get more page time with Erwin who is one of the best characters in this series and I had been hoping for more of him, so this was great.
I've been loving this series so far, the first two books had already solidified this as a favourite middle grade series for me and this third instalment in the series continues to remind me why I love it so much. This book really set the scene for creepy and reading it during spooky season was the best decision I made, especially seeing as during this book they are preparing for their Autumn event Ghastly Night. The atmosphere in this book, especially during the scenes on Ghastly Night itself and when they're exploring an area they think they might find answers was incredible, and at points it gave me goosebumps. Definitely a step up on this atmospheric writing, which was already high on the scale with the first two books, and it felt like the stakes were much higher in this one than in the previous two books.
With people going missing it's down to Herbie and Violet to once again figure out what's going on and try and save the day. At the same time someone turns up in Eerie-on-Sea claiming to be Herbie's aunt, and while Herbie is instantly thrilled to have possible found some family, Violet is sceptical so they also have to figure out if she really is Herbie's aunt or not. I love how this book really tests Herbie and Violet's friendship by throwing these curveballs at them, while they're also trying to solve the mystery of the missing people; one of which is someone close to them. We also get more page time with Erwin who is one of the best characters in this series and I had been hoping for more of him, so this was great.