As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia de Luce, #7) in Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

Oct 13, 2014 Heidi rated it it was amazing

Good Gracious! I admit that after reading the last Flavia mystery, The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches, I feared the Flavia de Luce mysteries had run their course. I suspected the series was at an end with so many of the previous story lines concluded.

Was I ever wrong. Alan Bradley's new book, As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust, is his best since the Edgar Award winning introduction to the series, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. Bradley's writing is at the top of his game when delving into Fl ...more

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Mar 13, 2015 Melle rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: copyright-2015, read-in-2015, fiction, mystery, canada, 12-year-olds, audio, murder, 1950s, canada-ontario

Another enchanting-enough installment of the Flavia de Luce series. The story at first seemed to suffer from the lack of familiar characters, but the author did a good job of creating an interesting cast at Miss Bodycote's Female Academy. A warning: if you're listening to this on audio, be prepared for ear-grating Canadian/American accents. Appropriate for all ages. ...more

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Mar 28, 2016 Etchison rated it liked it

Flavia goes to school in Canada and promptly has a murder to solve. Good fun.

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Nov 20, 2014 Shayla rated it liked it

This was the next book in the series. I liked that Flavia was away from Buckshaw, because honestly, how many murders can occur in that area without someone saying, "we've got to move!" My issue is that the book felt a little long, and yet rushed. I don't understand that whole concept of The Nide. But I'm curious about what will happen next. Could Flavia have a new stepmother soon? ...more

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