This is a super fun, fast-paced, middle grade series that I'm really enjoying. I can't wait for the next one. ( )

For the second book entry into the Cassidy Blake series, Cassidy and her family, who happen to be ghost hunters and the hosts of the paranormal TV show The Inspecters go to Paris to do some paranormal investigation. First stop: the catacombs! And when Cass mistakenly frees a poltergeist from the catacombs, she and her spectral best friend, Jacob, must race against the clock to stop it before it wreaks irrevocable havoc on all of Paris. On top of all this, it doesn't help that Cassidy is tasked by Lara with using her ability to travel into the Veil and send ghosts on. Cassidy has been testing out her new abilities – all while secretly fearful that she’ll one day have to use them to send her best friend, Jacob, “on.” For now though, she has got to stop a poltergeist.

This was enjoyable sequel to City of Ghosts, one that deepens the mythology and worldbuilding of the series. Cassidy continues to be a wonderful heroine and a believable pre-teen. This is a great middle grade horror-mystery book, whose creepy subject matter and themes of friendship and family should appeal to fans of Neil Gaiman's children/young adult books such as The Graveyard Book.

I look forward to the third book in the series and more Harry Potter references.

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This felt so much shorter than the first one. I think it’s just because there wasn’t as much action. I still enjoyed it though. ( )

This felt so much shorter than the first one. I think it’s just because there wasn’t as much action. I still enjoyed it though. ( )

I love how helpful Lara is, she is like the "Q" (from James Bond) of ghost hunting. If you need a resource, a name, a tool, she is your lady and yes, I realize that Cassidy is the m/c.

Cassidy and Jacob really get themselves in a pickle in Paris. They should have never gone into the Catacombs.

Another fun installment in the Cassidy Blake series. Looking forward to reading book #3. ( )