I didn't enjoy this second book in the series as much as the first book. I found large sections to be incredibly slow and took effort to pick back up when I had put it down. I enjoyed with the children got to London, but most of the process of getting there wasn't very interesting to me. I enjoyed hearing more about the Pecurliardom world and meeting new children/characters who had peculiar abilities, but wish the plot held my interest the entire time.