Wow I guess this month was really good for me. I have finished the month with another beautiful book from a middle-grade genre. The story is basically a treasure hunt for a lion’s eyes sized emerald necklace. Protagonist Vita Marlowe, new in New York came with her mother Julia to return her grandfather Jack Marlowe to London. He was cheated by a New York based mafia Victor Sorrotore. He befooled him & took away his ancestral Hudson castle. So now Vita has destined herself to return that castle to her beloved grandfather. And to accomplish this mission, she took help of three other persons. Silk who is efficient with her lock picking talent, Samuel who is an expert trapeze artist & Arcady who is an animal tamer and son of an owner of Russian Circus group. Vita who is also skilled with her knife throwing talent, and she has got a penknife which will be another weapon to deal with Sorrotore and his goons. Now this talented team will do this in such an adventurous way, which will keep you attracted to the story like you are reading stories of Peter Pan or Tom Sawyer.
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The most super-fun thing about this book is, author Katherine has portrayed each character with fantastic visualization and individualities. Like Vita who can do anything for her grandfather, whether she has overlooked her physical inabilities. Silk who wants to left pick pocketing and want to live a normal life and for that she joined them to help Vita. Arcady who showed his strong friendship towards Vita & Samuel, who wants to fly high with his amazing talents. The story is set in 1920/30’s New York, after the First World War. The book is full of thrill, adventure, dramatic, friendship and didactic. It’s a complete package and well worth reading. If you don’t want to pick a middle-grade novel, this pick it as an adventure one. Thanks Bloomsbury India for the gifted proof copy.
Ratings : 4.5/5
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