The Tower at the End of Time - Amy Sparkes

Nine and her friends are back and book 2 picks up from where The House at the Edge of Magic left off (for my review click on the link: https://kandobonkersaboutbooks.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-house-at-edge-of-magic-amy-sparkes.html).  They are now free to head off on adventures, and they decide that their first stop will be The Wizarding Hopscotch Championships where the prize is reaching The Tower at the End of Time!  Success means that the tower will answer any question it is asked.  Unfortunately, the house is a little nervous about the thought of moving again and develops hiccups which means that their route to the competition is somewhat diverted through different worlds until they finally reach the right destination.  With questions burning in Nine's and Flabberghast's minds, they begin their quest, but will they reach The Tower at the End of Time and, if they do, will they get the answers they seek?

I thoroughly enjoyed The House at the Edge of Magic, in particular the house, so I was thrilled when Amy agreed to write a guest post about the secrets of the house (https://kandobonkersaboutbooks.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-house-at-edge-of-magic-behind-scenes.html) so when The Tower at the End of Time arrived in the post, I was thrilled and dived straight in, eager to know exactly what was going to happen next.  I know that Flabbergast spoke about The Hopscotch Championships in book 1 so I was keen to know exactly what it was all about.  Danger, excitement and twists make it a thrilling game and just as wonderfully bizzare as I have come to expect from this series.  And, once you're through the game, there's the journey to the tower which involves a series of puzzles where the characters need to work together in order to move through each of the different stages.  The pace is fast and thrilling, making it unputdownable.  The worlds and the adventure that Amy builds is pure escapism.

The house remained my favourite character (although Spoon was brilliant!) and watching it Hic! Hic! all over the place, combined with the consequences made me both giggle and feel sorry for the building in equal measure.  I also know that there is so much more to the house that we don't know about and I can't wait for the next book so I can discover more.

Witty, fast-paced, exciting and inventive, The Tower at the End of Time is the perfect sequel to The House at the Edge of Magic and I know you'll love it!