Review – Bluecrowne (Greenglass House, Book 3) by Kate Milford (3/5 stars)

Reading Level: Middle Grade
Genre: Historical Fantasy
Length: 272 pages
Publisher: Clarion Books
Release Date: October 2, 2018
ISBN-13: 978-1328466884
Stand Alone or Series: 3rd book in the Greenglass House series
Source: ARC through Amazon Vine
Rating: 3/5 stars

“Lucy Bluecrowne is beginning a new life ashore with her stepmother and half brother, though she’s certain the only place she’ll ever belong is with her father on a ship of war as part of the crew. She doesn’t care that living in a house is safer and the proper place for a twelve-year-old girl; it’s boring. But then two nefarious strangers identify her little brother as the pyrotechnical prodigy they need to enact an evil plan, and it will take all Lucy’s fighting instincts to keep her family together.”

This is the 3rd book in the Greenglass House series and the 2nd in the Arcana series. I really enjoyed a lot of Milford’s earlier books, thought Greenglass House was okay, but didn’t finish the Ghosts of Greenglass House. This book was better than the Ghosts of Greenglass House but I still didn’t love it. This book could be read as a stand alone and isn’t completely dependent on the previous books in the series.

This book is about the history of Greenglass House and follows Lucy’s story. Lucy and her brother try to make a home in Greenglass House with their mother; previous to this Lucy had spent all her life at sea with her father. It was a pretty simple story and I didn’t really like it all that much.

The story takes awhile to get going and is very predictable. It was a fairly quick read, but I wasn’t very excited about it and had trouble staying engaged in the story.

I did enjoy the discussion about fireworks and how they work. I did not enjoy all the discussion about sailing (I have never been fond of books that talk a lot about boats).

Overall this was okay but not great. If you were a huge fan of the rest of the Greenglass House novels you will probably enjoy this one as well. Personally I liked Milford’s “Boneshaker” and “The Broken Lands” a lot more.

This book goes towards the following reading challenges:
– New Release Reading Challenge
– Goodreads Reading Challenge