Dungeons and Danger

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Dungeons and Danger by Elizabeth Penney

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


It was fun going back to Ravensea. This was about a 3.5 read for me (mostly because it seemed like it was treading the same ground over a bit and something with the Vikings) but really it was a solid read. Nora and her family, not to mention their family castle are in the middle of it again. Nora has booked a bunch of paranormal investigators into the castle to do a ghost show. Meanwhile her brother, Will and his meadery are hosting a Viking festival at the same time.

But also her father has entered into an agreement with Professor Tweedy to find The Red Maiden's treasure hoard, a viking pirate who in theory hid her treasure on the land before Ravensea castle was even built. It doesn't take long for trouble to rear its head. Tweedy is highly unpleasant and turns out he was the professor of the four paranormal investigators (I hate the term ghost hunter because it implies we're hunting humans and especially in this series' case because they're obvious intelligent hauntings) and they accuse him of stealing their research into the Red Maiden.

One of the things that drove me mad was Nora et al talking about authenticity and then the Red Maiden's ghost has a freaking horned helmet and later all the reenactors have horned helmets. That is a theatrical invention. They did not have horned helmets and I was about to toss my ereader across the room every time one popped up in this story. Also, no Nora you don't have Viking DNA. Viking is a job not an ethnic group. While I'm at it why does the ghost speak Icelandic but understand modern English (and later uses it?)

But I digress. The story itself tossed up a lot of rocky road for Nora and her family and the four investigators. Naturally someone gets killed but this time Finlay can't investigate because he's involved with Nora. In comes 'by the book Hook' who Nora takes a disliking to.

As far as the mystery goes, there are plenty of twists and turns though on occasion, as I mentioned above, it felt like treading water in a few places. I liked the ending. Overall, I enjoyed this one and am looking forward to my next visit to Ravensea. Thanks to Netgalley for the arc.



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