#CITY OF SECRETS BOOK REVIEW FULL#
Later she ends up in a vehicle full of stolen goods (a lorry, not a spook train) with Barney and has to escape. She is able to convince Tom and Rufus much more quickly than George did the Five (of course Barney believes her right away) and so the adventure can start.
Firstly she immediately identifies her main suspect – the rich and well-connected Frances Battenbridge – on some slightly flimsy reasonings to begin with, but just like George and Mr Roland, she is absolutely right. Lara pulls some very George-like moves in this story. For the most part he doesn’t even have Dee keeping him on the straight and narrow, which is pretty much why the children are able to tear around London on the trail of the criminals and get up to all the things they do. Mrs Jacobs, the sensible one, is gotten rid of swiftly as she has pressing work concerns and so the children are left in the dubious care of Logan. This time they’ve been stolen and are on their way across London with the Adventurers racing after them. Before the treasures were buried somewhere well-hidden and long forgotten. So they are still tracking down the long lost-treasures, but it feels very different. Instead of hunting for long lost treasures this time the children (and Logan) are investigating the theft of some of the artefacts they had just discovered. So what are the Adventurers up to this time? The detective elements of the book include identifying their suspects, researching those suspects, interpreting some papers they got hold of and following a trail across London.Īlso, although the first two books had different settings (Kexley Castle in Cornwall, and Egypt) this one is set in London over Christmas and it feels really modern and fresh. This is a pleasant departure, as though the first two books were enjoyable they did have quite a similar ‘hunt for the treasure’ theme. This third book is still adventurous but bring in a bit more of a detective theme akin to the Five Find-Outers. There’s some investigating and puzzle solving but primarily they are adventurous. The past two have been what I’d call adventures, the sort of thing you’d find the Famous Five or Mannering/Trents embroiled in. The other difference is the genre of the book.
#CITY OF SECRETS BOOK REVIEW SERIES#
They’re all quite close together which means the Adventurers might be able to avoid the awkward non-aging that the Famous Five suffer from if the series goes on to double figures. The previous adventure took place in the school holidays – I can’t remember if it’s stated, but I assume it was the October half-term as the first book was set in the summer holidays and this one is during the Christmas holidays. It’s still not necessary to have read Temple of Treasure but it’s an unusually strong link between the two adventures. (I always prefer to read it order, though, it feels strange to me if I don’t!) What’s interesting, though, is after the initial introduction to the characters, this book opens with the children attending an event related to the treasure they uncovered in Egypt in the previous book. Jemma was kind enough to send me the first three books as audiobooks in return for honest reviews, I have already reviewed book one The Adventurers and the Cursed Castle and book two, The Adventurers and the Temple of Treasure.Īs with many of Blyton’s series these books do not have to be read in order for you to enjoy them. Like the previous two books this one is narrated by Ciaran Saward. The Adventurers and the City of Secrets is the third book in The Adventurers Series by Jemma Hatt (the fourth, The Adventurers and the Continental Chase just came out at the start of November).
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