"Ginny Blackstone spent last summer travelling around Europe, following tasks her laid out in a series of letters before she died. When someone stole Ginny's backpack - and the last little blue envelope inside - she resigned herself to never knowing how the adventure was supposed to end. Now a mysterious boy has contacted Ginny from London, saying he's found her bag. Finally she can finish what she started. But instead of ending her journey, the last letter starts a whole new one, and Ginny must hold on to her wits... and her heart. This time, there are no instructions."
I cannot express how glad I am that I had the sequel right here as soon as I finished 13 Little Blue Envelopes. I loved this just as much as I loved its prequel, if not a little more. This novel held more mytery, kept us in suspense more often, and never ever allowed me to put it down without wondering what was going to happen next.
It is difficult not to love Keith's easy-going character, even if he sometimes does seem to be a bit of a dick. Even Ellis, who Ginny tries to dislike, turns out to be a very likeable character. Oliver is rather mis-portrayed in the first half of the book, but even so, he's a very strong character, and absolutely key to everything that happens. I don't think there was nearly enough Richard in here, but that may have bee intentional.
The link between the first book of this series and this one was brilliant. So completely unlikely, and yet so utterly brilliant and kind of obvious. I was able to make a sort of prediction within the first few chapters, which turned out to be fairly accurate, although not at all in the way I expected.
This also gets 9 out of 10 from me, because I really really really loved it. Really. A lot.
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