The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy SpringerMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I'm liking these books. All of them. I've said it four times before, and repeating it after every book seems unnecessary.
The first one was good... and then they only got better. This is the fifth book in the mg/YA mystery series, and both Enola the character and Enola the sleuth/action hero just keep improving. The character is more confident and capable and creative and clever all the time, making for more exciting mysteries (which makes her increasingly dynamic), but she's also rounder and more realistic and more believable in each one. This series could have been perfectly entertaining with a cartoonish protagonist, a veritable superhero solving crimes at a tender age, and I would have probably read them, but the author went with credible, with possible, and it really works.
I enjoyed this book (involving Florence Nightingale and hidden messages from the past--you should read it) and look forward to the remaining (checks list) two books.
Just two! Damn.
Well, I'm glad there are those two, anyway. It's all good.
Recommended.
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