This book does not quite capture the magic of the first book, but I'll take any excuse to spend more time with Callie Vee and her family. I just love their adventures, especially Travis and his love of animals. I do wish that this story had a bit more of an arc to it, rather than feeling like a collection of events in Callie Vee's life. The other part that annoyed me more this time around were references to inventions that exist now, but did not in 1900. I'm sure these were pleasant in the first book, but they were jarring to me in this one. Even so, I still am a huge fan of the whole family and look forward to any other adventures Ms. Kelly would like to bestow upon us.

I did get an advanced readers' copy of the book, for which I am especially grateful.