I've been a fan of this series for years and it mostly holds up as an adult reading. This installment is definitely more of a young adult read than a middle grade novel due to some inclusion of sexuality and it does feel a bit like an outlier after my reread of the first three books in the series. Still, it was fun to have a story with the twins and I enjoyed that time travel continues to take a part.

This book is really good at taking on some difficult topics. There are discussions on good and evil, peer pressure, misogyny, some mild feminism, and (of course) sexual attraction. Things are pretty well handled, especially when you consider the fact that this book was written in the 1980s.

I enjoyed the setting and the retelling of an early Noah & the Ark story. I'm not very religious, but I still had fun with the fact that L'Engle took these rather well known characters and known moral story and used them to further tell moral tales. Very clever and still very entertaining.

There is a bit of deus ex machina, but I let that mostly slide since this is a younger style book. Would it have been better without the convenience? Yes. But it was still a good read regardless.

L'Engle continues to be one of my favorite writers even after oh so many years. I'm looking forward to finishing the quintet soon.