Book two with Alexia Tarabotti, gets off to a great start in chapter one. Continuing series editions can be tricky, too much recap and reintroduction and you’ll alienate diehard readers, but not enough and the casual reader could end up lost and confused. Carriger handles this exceptionally well…

After reading a sample of this book, just the first chapter, it looked like it would just be a lot of frumpy fun. And I was up for that because sometimes that's just what you need.