Yesterday and today, I noticed I'm still thinking about this book. There were stories Uncle Montague told for which I did not really care at the time, allowing me to set it aside after some strong opening chapters. I knew by the end I will probably be reading the rest of the series. A short while later, I casually convinced myself this would not be the case. This was clearly a 4-star book, and they say series often decline in quality, but I should probably wait to write a review while I think about it and maybe forget about it and maybe not even write a review at all. A month or so later and it still has me thinking like a lot of my other favorites. Right now, I'd give the story here a 4.5 if I could. If asked in a year or a few more, I'll probably still be thinking about it and recommending it.