I thoroughly enjoyed this trio of books. Not a trilogy, as each book is separate from the other, but the three stories share overlapping characters and settings. The only issue I had with this story was the scene with the cat; being a cat lover, and remembering this is a YA novel, the scene was...
This isn't horror, but has a sort of a Victorian Gothic feel. For a middle grade novel, it has kind of a dark, almost pessimistic tone. That is not to say that good has no chance of winning out in this book, but it has some unfortunately true insights on human nature that are far from uplifting. ...