** spoiler alert ** Please note there will be some minor spoilers in this review.

Well, I suppose we had to know the Droods weren't really gone. I was pretty upset with that little cliffhanger from From Hell with Love and was very excited when I read the front flap of Live and Let Drood to find they were teleported to an alternate reality by some evil Mastermind.

I was a little put off throughout the book by Eddie's constant repetitive statement of "Anything for the family" and his nagging "I'm right and you're wrong" attitude about everything. I've always been much more of a John Taylor fan than an Eddie Drood fan so I may just be biased.

Anyhow the main story follows Eddie and Molly as they try to track down the bad guy who knocked the Droods out of the world. A bunch of minor characters come in and try to stop them periodically, but the main focus of the story was spent on the duo trying to catch up to the Most Evil Man - Crow Lee. For having such a horrid reputation and supposedly being all that bad and Evil, I can't say I remember ever hearing of the guy before this novel. Usually the bad guy will be someone brought up in one of Green's other novels, even if in another series. So I was sort of disappointed to find out the bad guy was no one I knew of.

Eddie decides to seek out a rogue Drood to help out with the manhunt. The Regent of Shadows and his crew at the Department of the Uncanny, including a very opinionated car, help Eddie and Molly return the Droods to the proper reality.

Also, Louisa Metcalf makes her first appearance and quite honestly, she's a bit of a nutter. However, it's nice to finally have an image of all three Metcalf sisters.

The best part about this installment? So many questions were answered. Too many serial novels end up adding questions on top of questions and never answering any in between. Green resolves the traitor in the family issue, the deal behind Eddie's parents' deaths, and the mystery of the hedge maze.

All in all, a great read! I look forward to Casino Infernale!