The book’s sequel, Gargantis is already out, with Book 3: Shadowghast on the way, and I can’t wait to get my hands on them. When the beast lays its egg, it becomes vulnerable. Her father wrote a book on the malamander himself, they learn, but the page revealing its one weakness has been torn out of the manuscript (that they steal from Eels). Violet receives a book about the malamander, though she only really wants a clue as to what happened to her mother and father and whether they might still be alive. Fossil, a beachcomber and mudlark who knew Violet’s parents and Jenny Hanniver, who runs a bookshop with a magical clockwork monkey mermaid that acts as an oracle for the book each customer needs. Thalassi who runs a museum that would love to display the egg Mrs. Her wealth came from Captain Kraken, her grandfather, who lost his crew to the enraged malamander, leaving the hulk of his great ship half sunk in the bay.Īs Midwinter’s Eve approaches, everyone in town seems to be making a play for the egg, and we are never sure who to trust: Sebastian Eels, a pompous local author and expert on the malamander Dr. There are places she cannot see with her Camera Obscura at the top of the hotel. Mollusc, but as things unravel, Lady Kraken, the owner of the hotel, who pays Herbie with the antique trinkets left behind by guests generations ago, ends up asking her Lost-and-Founder for intel about the goings on in the village.
Having already dealt with one legendary sea creature in Malamander (BCCB 9/19), Herbie Lemon and his pal Violet must now face another monster that threatens Eerie-on-Sea.Fans of the first will continue to delight in Taylor’s wry humor, and one can only hope for more strange adventures in Eerie-on-Sea.The two must avoid the scrutiny of Herbie’s boss, Mr. Said quest bears fruit, but only at the climax of a suspenseful narrative awash in old legends, secret codes, strange local characters, and hints of startling revelations to come.
Enticing mysteries remain to be solved.Evocative settings, ingenious plotting, sly humor, and shivery suspense render this sequel an unmitigated delight.įortunately, Herbert has several allies, notably pushy but clever Violet Parma and Clermit, a small but well-armed clockwork hermit crab, to help him quiet the monster but keep it alive. Human, animal, and mechanical characters (especially the charming hermit crab) are a winning assortment: enchanting or horrifying, quirky or droll, invariably original. Underlying all the fun is a gentle, unforced message about life's interdependence.
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