The Clockwork Crow

Seren is headed to a new home at a mansion in the country. On the way, she is given a package to hold for a nervous stranger, but the stranger never returns, and she has to keep the package. When she arrives at the mansion, she is bewildered to find the family is gone and there are only servants there. Seren decides to open the package and inside is a grumpy mechanical and magical crow.

But where is the family, especially the little boy in the family? There are rumors he has been taken off by the fairies. Can she return the mechanical crow to the nervous stranger? What is the story behind the crow?

A short chapter book, the first of a series, with magic, suspense, and mystery.

Seren is an orphan. She learns that her godfather has agreed to take her in. On the trip there, she is given a mysterious package at the train station. Once she gets to her new home, she will try to figure out how to get it back to its owner. She is so excited for her new life. She's heard that the family lives in a mansion and are quite rich. She'll be there just in time to have a wonderful Christmas.
But when she arrives, the place is dark and cold. The disappearance of the young boy named Tomos has left a black cloud over the mansion. It's as if all the happiness disappeared with him. Seren decides to find him and make everything right again.

This is a great story. I love Seren. She is fearless. I look forward to the rest of the series.

I received a copy from Net Galley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.