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Feb 11, 2018nilooo rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A Red Herring without Mustard was the first of the Flavia de Luce series I read, and I fully enjoyed the content. I found the novel to include many twists and exciting details that are especially enticing to a refined mystery reader's eye. Even Flavia herself is a lovable and relatable work of art to a reader of any age. Moreover, this series is easy enough (although perhaps a bit too mature for some middle schoolers) for high schoolers and mature middle schoolers to read, and challenges the reader to make predictions about the culprit of the book and connections between seemingly unconnected events in the novel. Alan Bradley's books are fun to read and excellent for any reader due to its face-paced plotline, and I believe those who generally enjoy the mystery genre, particularly admirers of Agatha Christie such as myself, will delight at the style in which the author writes, as it is both formal and complex like classics, albeit colloquial and down-to-earth like modern novels. There's even a Flavia de Luce fan club online for those especially dedicated readers of the series! I highly recommend this novel, and prequels and sequels to it, as they are indeed an adventure to behold.