Review: A True Mystery
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 7, 2011
This is the second book in the Dragon Town Trilogy.  The first book is Snapdragon Alley and the last is Dragon Town.  In this book, Argus, the 3-year-old from the first book, is a 22 year old man with a quiet life.  He is quiet and depressed, estranged from his family, an lives with a group of roommates that he doesn't really interact with.  He doesn't remember the experiences of the summer that took place in the first book.  One day, he is handed a mysterious package.  Those around him are intrigued, and everyone joins together to try to solve the clues.The tone of the book is fairly dark, and you keep hoping for a better 'Happily ever After' for the characters from the first book than is portrayed here.  But this is only the second book in the series - perhaps there is more to come.In writing about a book series that Argus is reading, this author writes "They were genuine mystery novels, where the mystery often remains mysterious, unlike most books of that type, which should really be called 'solution' novels because there is rarely any mystery left at the end."  That description is certainly true of the first two books in this series.  I'm definitely left mystified and wondering.  And yet, I'm not disappointed.  I don't feel that the plot was left hanging.  And somehow, I don't think I will be disappointed even if the last book in the series leaves me with the same sense of wonder - plotting and turning around all of my different theories in my mind.