Excellent start to a new children's series that can be read by any age group. I have read a lot of these types of books in the past couple of years. Kids discover their family is magical, there is a magic land, and only they can solve the mystery. But, this book is very well done and I thoroughly enjoyed getting sucked into the world Ms. Bell has built and getting to know the main characters-siblings Seb and Ivy. For the most part the world is easy to comprehend. I had a tough time at the beginning grasping the idea of uncommon goods-but once I got further into the story it didn't seem so odd. The mystery is well developed and leaves room for plenty of follow-up books and the main characters act like they are 11 and 14. I'll be looking out for the rest in this series.
Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this work.
Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this work.
