Birds of a Feather

"Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with this book for free in exchange for my review! All opinions are my own. <br/><br/>I am not going to lie...I kind of thought how the birds were illustrated in this book made the birds look a little scary. However, I am looking at this book on a computer screen and not a paper book, so that miight be why. Even if they were slightly creepy, I think they reminded me also of Big Bird from Sesame Street (who is the opposite of creepy). it would be interesting to know if any children were scared of the illustrations in this book. Overall, I thought the story was charming though. And of course, since I am an adult and not a child I am not the target audience for this book, so take my thoughts with a grain of salt. It was still a good book!<br/><br/><br/><br/>Connect with Me <3<br/><br/>My blog is https://bookreviewsbyjules.blogspot.com/<br/><br/><br/>Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/44083250-julia (follow me and/or send a friend request!) - This is how I keep track of all of the books I read each year. I also crosspost all of my NetGalley reviews here.<br/><br/>Instagram/bookstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookreviewsbyjules/ (I try my best to follow back all Book accounts back in 48-72 hours) <br/><br/>2nd Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookreviewsbyjules_/ (This account is used as a backup Instagram because my original bookstagram account which I created in 2022 has been getting action blocked quite frequently (I was hacked in February 2024 and lost access to my account for about 5 days, and I think that has something do with why I have been having issues with my account. I have reported the issue to Instagram several times). I try to post on Instagram at least 3x a week. I post many NetGalley ARC books on Instagram, but I also enjoy talking about previously released books that I love. With the exception of NetGalley books, I enjoy both listening to and reading all the books I read.<br/><br/>Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556223311374<br/><br/>Substack: https://bookreviewsbyjules.substack.com/ (feel free to subscribe!)<br/><br/>Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bookreviewsbyjules?lang=en<br/><br/>StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bookreviewsbyjules"

"I definitely enjoyed this one more than the first one. The previous book seems now to serve as just somewhere to lay Maisie's extensive backstory, while this one seemed like she was getting down to the nitty-gritty of solving her mystery. Maisie's a bit more likeable in this novel: she doesn't seem to be as much of a machine as she was in the first one. I liked solving the mystery along with her this time 'round."