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Flavia de Luce books are treats. They involve a very smart and likeable young girl, a slower paced era, the English countryside, and they are well written and are as well spoken as their protagonist. This one, for an extra treat, is set at Christmas time. But, Flavia and her sisters, Feely and Daffy, are not relaxing by the tree and doing the traditional English Christmas festivities; their father, in desperate need of funds, has rented out their stately home for the holidays, and they are being
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I adore Flavia, and Entwistle does such a spectacular job of giving her voice (as well as all of the other inhabitants of Bradley's work) - it's hard for me to hear her in my mind any other way. This is a rare seasonal entry in a series that can stand on its own merits, and I continue to admire how well Bradley develops and deepens the relationships between the recurring characters with each new installment. A bang-up series well worth watching into the future.
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A Christmas episode of this series which was great fun, even though the murder didn't take place until halfway through.
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Always love Flavia, especially if the adventure was set in Christmas time in Buckshaw. I read that Alan Bradley would end the series in the sixth book. What a pity =(



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Erin (NY)
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