Malory Towers Collection 2 - Enid Blyton

Title: Malory Towers Collection 2 (Malory Towers #4-6)
Author: Enid Blyton
Genre: Childrens, classic
Rating: 3.5/5
# pages: Audiobook ~15hrs
Date read: August 2003, October 2022

Upper Fourth at Malory Towers
The girls are in a higher form now. This year there is the tension of exams for the first time, but there is all the fun of the summer term as well - and the high spirits of a lively and imaginative form of girls.

In the Fifth at Malory Towers
Games, lessons, quarrels and tricks all form part of a lively term, but the biggest event of all is the Fifth Form pantomime, written, acted and produced entirely by the girls. It generates a lot of fun, but also a surprising amount of trouble.

Last Term at Malory Towers
Darrell becomes head girl. Unfortunately not all the girls are as responsible as she is and in her last term Darrell sees many changes in her old school friends.


I did have a number of issues with all three books in this collection - all of them symptoms of the time and genre these books were written in. The quasi-bullying I mentioned in the first collection is apparent here as well, as was the snobbery and arrogance of some of the kids.

But putting that aside, I still really enjoyed the books. I love reading about boarding schools, and Enid Blyton does know how to write ridiculously charming books that are fun to read for children and grown-ups both.

The Hawthorne Legacy - Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Title: The Hawthorne Legacy (Inheritance Games #2)
Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Genre: YA, Suspense
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 380
Date read: October, 2022

The Inheritance Games ended with a bombshell, and now heiress Avery Grambs has to pick up the pieces and find the man who might hold the answers to all of her questions - including why Tobias Hawthorne left his entire fortune to Avery, a virtual stranger, rather than to his own daughters or grandsons.

Thanks to a DNA test, Avery knows that she's not a Hawthorne by blood, but clues pile up hinting at a deeper connection to the family than she had ever imagined. As the mystery grows and the plot thickens, Grayson and Jameson, the enigmatic and magnetic Hawthorne grandsons, continue to pull Avery in different directions. And there are threats lurking around every corner, as adversaries emerge who will stop at nothing to see Avery out of the picture - by any means necessary.


After I finished the first book in a day, I immediately got the second one out of the library too. Fortunately it lived up to my expectations. Sure, not quite as good as the first one, but the middle book in a trilogy almost never is, so I came prepared. I loved that the focus was still on clues and riddles, even if the solutions did come with a lot of twists and turns. Happy to see Avery and the Hawthorne boys strike up more of a friendship, and I loved seeing more of Max :-D

Definitely want to read the last book as well, once it arrives at the library.