Come Tumbling Down

I continue to enjoy these but this wasn't the strongest in the series. The stakes seemed oddly low and the payoff unsatisfying. One of the best aspects of the series is the diversity of the cast, and it continues to deliver in that regard; this one includes a trans guy, sign language, a lesbian relationship, and OCD. The setting of gothic romance and the nods to the Cthulhu mythos give the story a certain richness, but the plot proceeds very straightforwardly from point A to B to C with few digressions or diversions (early on, the characters are split up and I was hoping and expecting to have some chapters of their separate adventures, but they are reunited in almost the next breath). Still, it's YA, not everything has to be life-changing, and it's nice to hang out with these characters for another book.