The Girl with the Glass Bird

Reviewed by: Patricia Temple - Long Island Community Library, Long Island, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: June 9, 2015

Review

This Girl's Boarding School mystery is the first in this author's Knight's Haddon series. Main character, Edith Wilson(Edie), jumps at the chance to be enrolled in a posh boarding school in order to escape her uncaring Aunt and cruel cousins. Her boarding school enrollment comes with a catch. Russian Prince Stolonov, who is paying her tuition, charges Edie with befriending his daughter, Anastasia, and finding out why her possessions keep disappearing and her mental state is being questioned. The book is full of shifting friendships, unreliable adults and family mystery. Readers will struggle with keeping track of all the secondary characters. The adults are addressed by their last names or nicknames by the students but when talking to or about each other first names are used. This practice and inadequate character development cause some confusion. The complicated plot line will hold reader's interest and the happy ending is satisfying yet open for a sequel.

Overall Book Score: good