"It had been at Aunt Felicity's insistence that I was packed up like a bundle of old rags and tossed onto a ship to Canada."
Twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce has been banished from her ancestral home in England and sent away to Miss Bodycote's Female Academy in Canada, the same boarding school that her mother once attended. On her first night there, she discovers a charred and mummified corpse stuffed up her bedroom chimney. It's her seventh dead body ... and yet another mystery for her to solve.
I really enjoyed Alan Bradley's latest Flavia de Luce mystery, As Chimney Sweepers Come To Dust. Far from home, Flavia is forced to grow up a bit in this book, but that doesn't detract from her charm. She's still precocious, and intrepid, obsessed with poisons and all things chemical, and still able to lie without batting an eye. And while I missed Buckshaw, especially Dogger, I liked the boarding school setting in this book. Flavia's interactions with the other girls and teachers made me laugh. And the mystery kept me guessing, too. All in all, this was a fun book; I smiled all the way through it. Yay for Flavia de Luce.
Happy Reading!
I haven't heard of this book, but I'm intrigued. Flavia de Luce is such a great name for a character!
ReplyDeleteIt's a very fun mystery series set in England in the 1950s. The first one is The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. And Flavia is as memorable as her name. :)
DeleteI read the first couple of books in this series, but have failed to keep up with it! Glad to know Flavia is still precocious, intrepid, and obsessed with poisons!
ReplyDeleteI have a hard time keeping up with some series, too. I finally managed to read the last two books in this series just this year. And Flavia, although a little older, remains essentially unchanged. Which is why I like her. :)
DeleteI love boarding school settings and books that make me smile so this sounds good to me.
ReplyDeleteBoarding schools are one of those bookish settings that I find irresistable. :)
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