Where Monty's book lacked lovable side characters, Felicity's book delivered.

I loved Zim and I really, really loved Joanna from the moment she was introduced. Joanna was such a fun, well-rounded character and she played off Felicity's energy so well and met her at every intellectual challenge. We love an old-world naturalist and marine biologist.

One of the issues I had with Felicity in the first book was that she came off too hard logical and wasn't allowed to be multifaceted like Percy and her brother. And I had to ruminate on that feeling for a while before I was comfortable enough to accept that I didn't fully like the way she was depicted in Monty's story. She was really rounded out in this book, though.