Read aloud with daughter, age 10.

Characters are solid, their relationships interesting - and they've matured somewhat in the week covered by the four books. Like the second book, this is mainly told from Pearl's point-of-view. The best part of this book is the focus on a main bad guy, hinted at in the previous novel. In this story, he doesn't reveal his face, but Dr. Woo does give a good chunk of history about him.

We are both really looking forward to the next book.