A review by quercus707
The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman

4.0

I read this book to decide whether it was appropriate for my 12 year old, but quickly got sucked into it myself. It was exciting, with great, unconventional characters, danger, and mystery. I like that it has a strong, yet vulnerable, female lead. I like that it didn't blossom/devolve into a romantic thing. The villain was quite excellent. I listened to the audio version, which was read with appropriate accents and was so very well done, I think it boosted my rating another star. I couldn't have recreated the different voices so well inside my own head! My daughter loved it too and we are both looking forward to the next Sally Lockhart book - on audio.