As much as I wanted to like this book, I just couldn't get into it. 
 Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy was announced on one of the monthly Goodeads new release emails. At the end of year when the Goodreads Choice Awards start, I find out that I've barely read any new books! Now that I'm in a country with easy (and free!) access to new books, I'm trying harder to check them out soon after their release. 
 Ophelia grabbed my attention because it's set in a museum. I loved From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and think the Night at the Museum movies are so fun. Who doesn't want to have secret adventures in museums? However, the whole boy locked in a room sending a girl with an inhaler to do his bidding and fight imaginary creatures just...didn't compel me. There's nothing at all wrong with the book, but I kept putting it down to read other things. Really, I probably would have liked it better as a picture book that showed off the endless rooms filled with heaps of artifacts.