As always, Mary's character is charming, slightly arrogant, but 'perfect' still. I just found out that there are several other books in this series, so I'll have to read them eventually.

There were parts that I liked in this book that was better than the first, such as the balloons (the whole balloons chapter really - I loved the little old woman). I see why they left some of the scenes out of the Disney movie - they just didn't have the technology!