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jennybeastie 's review for:
Ghosts of Greenglass House
by Kate Milford
This is a delicious sequel to Greenglass House, and a surprise in so many ways. First, I didn't think Greenglass was going to have a sequel -- truly it can stand alone, but I also didn't expect that Milford would be able to infuse quite as much mysterious and magical delights into a second book, and I was astonished to find that she could. It's a bit of a challenge this one if you haven't read the first -- I kept having to try and remember who all the characters were. It became clear pretty quickly, but I think I would have enjoyed them more back to back.
Another excellent mystery, another smuggling related intrigue, and more Christmas adjacent shenanigans in our favorite historical house. Milo is a year older, and having some frustrations in school with a teacher that seems to fail at engaging with him on the subject of his Chinese heritage and his adoption. This is a strong and well handled theme throughout the book -- how to be who you are, feel comfortable, and find ways to interact with people who don't get you at all. A new ghost appears, some previous acquaintances return, and the house is visited by the marvelously creepy Christmas Waits, a caroling tradition/Abbots Bromley mashup that I want to exist in the real world -- it kind of does in the Christmas Revels, but anyway, let's hear it for reviving folkloric practices and dressing up in bones. It's complicated, not as spooky as it sounds, and a completely engrossing read. I so want Nagspeake to be a real place, and I really hope we get more stories. I do, I do, I do.
Another excellent mystery, another smuggling related intrigue, and more Christmas adjacent shenanigans in our favorite historical house. Milo is a year older, and having some frustrations in school with a teacher that seems to fail at engaging with him on the subject of his Chinese heritage and his adoption. This is a strong and well handled theme throughout the book -- how to be who you are, feel comfortable, and find ways to interact with people who don't get you at all. A new ghost appears, some previous acquaintances return, and the house is visited by the marvelously creepy Christmas Waits, a caroling tradition/Abbots Bromley mashup that I want to exist in the real world -- it kind of does in the Christmas Revels, but anyway, let's hear it for reviving folkloric practices and dressing up in bones. It's complicated, not as spooky as it sounds, and a completely engrossing read. I so want Nagspeake to be a real place, and I really hope we get more stories. I do, I do, I do.