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I loved it, I loved it, I loved it. I‘m so bummed the series is over but also exhilarated because the ending was as perfect as the very first chapter in the first book of the series. This book, like the entire series, zipped along with nonstop adventure, danger, & mystery. Filled with riddles, puzzles, & ciphers, alchemy & Templars, kings & paupers, the story of Christopher Rowe & his friends is exemplary MG historical fiction. Highly recommended.

The sixth & final book in The Blackthorn Key series is out today so it HAS to be my bedtime reading. Sorry to see this superb MG historical fiction series about Christopher Rowe, an apothecary‘s apprentice in 17th c. London, come to an end but I am very excited to learn the identity of the Raven, to find out the who, what, why of it all. On a side note, I‘ll add Sands writes masterful first chapters—his openings pull you write in & do not let up.