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A review by jilljemmett
The Night Raven by Johan Rundberg
5.0
Stockholm, 1880: Twelve-year-old Mika struggles to take care of everyone at the orphanage. One night, a boy drops off a newborn baby at the front door with a warning about the “Dark Angel.” After making a police report about the new baby, a detective shows up at the orphanage to enlist Mika’s help. Detective Hoff wants Mika to help him solve a series of murders, because of her observations skills. Even though this could be dangerous, Mika sees it as an opportunity to one day move out of the orphanage, so she joins him on the investigation.
This story was so good! There were some sad moments with stories about the orphans, but the story was fast paced and didn’t linger on any scene for long. The mystery was really well plotted. There were great twists and reveals throughout the story. There were also a couple of subplots introduced, which I’m excited to find out more about in the next books!
The Night Raven is a great middle grade mystery!
Thank you Firefly Books Distributed and Amazon Crossing for sending me a copy of this book!
Content warnings: death, death of sibling, death of parent, death of child, parental abandonment, vomiting
This story was so good! There were some sad moments with stories about the orphans, but the story was fast paced and didn’t linger on any scene for long. The mystery was really well plotted. There were great twists and reveals throughout the story. There were also a couple of subplots introduced, which I’m excited to find out more about in the next books!
The Night Raven is a great middle grade mystery!
Thank you Firefly Books Distributed and Amazon Crossing for sending me a copy of this book!
Content warnings: death, death of sibling, death of parent, death of child, parental abandonment, vomiting
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Child death, Death, and Vomit