Review: Gathers 15 (of 17) titles in a terrific series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 29, 2012
These are fun-to-read, well-written, wholesome YA mystery novels conveniently collected into one well-formatted bundle. Somehow, these escaped me when I was the age for which these were originally intended, but even as an adult (okay, a "senior citizen") I am greatly enjoying them. They do reflect the simpler times in which they were written (which for me is a plus), but are not so outdated that a modern young reader would find them hopelessly antiquated. However, the benefit of purchasing a collection such as this, even though the individual titles can be had for free, is the convenience of downloading one rather than many titles, having them altogether in one TOC accessible package, and knowing it is complete. But this is NOT complete since the complete series consists of 17 titles, of which #'s 1 and 2 are NOT included in this set. The two missing titles ("Tale of the Witch Doll" and "The Vanishing Houseboat") have copyright issues which prevent Wildside (publisher of this Megapack) from including them. Apparently, Amazon regards their copyright status differently, because (for now) you can still download those two titles (or any of the entire series, for that matter) as public domain freebies in the Kindle Store. (I downloaded them all separately, but would gladly have purchased this Megapack if it contained all 17.)