I really loved this book, the characters are brilliant and I laughed at Howell's Dramatic personality and Sophies ability to simply go with it. for a young girl sophisticated plays the part of cantankerous old woman with ease. the only issue I had with this book was the ending. it just felt a little flat for me, not as well written as the rest of the book in my opinion, everything that should happen does it simply fell a little lacking. Overall though it was a good book that I would reccomend.