Nancy Drew #9: The Sign of The Twisted Candles

Here is my review for Nancy Drew mystery #9, The Sign of The Twisted Candles.

The book starts off like this: Nancy, Bess and George decided they were to go on a drive to escape the heat of River Heights, their hometown. They are driving on a backroad in the country when the notice the sky is really dark. A roll of thunder a minute later, and the rain comes down in sheets. They see a light up ahead and are just about to turn in when the car stalls in the entry way! They dash for the house and enter. A women tells them it is a tearoom and hotel and none of the rooms are occupied, so the trio may help themselves to any room to freshen up. While doing so, A young waitress gets stopped on the stairway going up with food to wish a man happy 100th birthday. she gets told she is wasting food, and she runs downstairs. Nancy says she thinks it was mysterious, and Bess and George agree, but tease her because Nancy will think anything is mysterious. They then go downstairs and eat something warm.

I would give this a 6/10 because this book has somethings which I do not like. This time, it was not the characters that were bad, but their actions. Bess and George turn "cold" on Nancy and Sadie, someone dies, someone gets abused, thievery, and much more. I would always recommend a Nancy Drew book, but this just wasn't one that would be high on my list of books to recommend. Stay tuned for Nancy Drew, Password to Larkspur Lane!

-Samantha Quick

Nancy Drew #8: Nancy's Mysterious Letter

Here is my review for Nancy Drew Book #8, Nancy's Mysterious Letter.

  The book starts off like this. Nancy, Bess and George are driving to Nancy's house when they pass he mail carrier, Ira Nixon, cold and weather beaten delivering mail. They offer to give him a ride, but he declines saying he has to stop at every house, and there is something particularly interesting for Nancy at the bottom, from London! Nancy promises him some hot coco when he gets to their house, and they go home and make it for him when he arrives. While they are in the living room, his mail bag in the foyer, someone comes and steals all the mail from the bag! Ira slumps into faint, and they call a doctor.

Now, I don't enjoy this book as some others, but I like it ok. Ned makes a big appearance, and so do Bess and George's dates, Dave Evans and Burt Eddleton. This mystery involves thievery, attempted harm, heiresses, and so much more. I give it a 7/10 because I just don't like some of the characters, and some parts are so sudden ans some parts are just unnecessary. I recommend it, but if I was giving a list of my top 20 favorites, it would not be this one. It is a quick read, as I read it in a day, but that goes the same for most of them. Actually, all of them. Now, to write the review on The Sign of The Twisted Candles!

-Samantha Quick