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It took me forever to finish this in audiobook form. Not because I didn't like it, but because I am the actual worst when it comes to listening to audiobooks and this is the first one I've finished in years. The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding was already a brilliant book and an outstanding introduction to a brand new series by Bracken, but the audiobook gave the experience an extra kick.

The narration was great. I felt like a child being read to during story time and I mean that in the best way possible. The thing about Alexandra Bracken's prose is that it feels classic. It's warm. It's an embrace from an old friend. It's something like innocence in the case of this novel. Finding the right narrator was going to be a difficult task and the person they picked for the job. I haven't had this much fun with an audiobook, let alone a middle grade one, since I was a kid and devoured Harry Potter.

Everything about this was magical, fast paced and humourous. It provided just the right amount of bleak, spookiness, that will keep its audience on the edge of their seat. This book was one of those rare reads that would be perfect for any age--Bracken has done it again!