

This series gets better as Rowan, the Royal Monster Hunter-elect, gains more experience. She‘s become a little less impulsive and the adventures become more high stakes for her and her companions. Armstrong does a good job of explaining concepts and words that may be new to her MG audience, but some of the lessons, particularly morality ones, are clumsy and heavy-handed. I wanted to push Rowan off her soapbox a time or two.