5 Words: Creepy, friendship, secrets, adventure, GHOSTS! 
 I love this creepy alternative world that Jonathan Stroud has created. It's dark and twisted and I can't get enough. 
 These books are creepy. These books are excellent. 
 The Whispering Skill is just as well written as the first Lockwood & Co. and doesn't fall into that second book trap. If anything, this one is filled with even more heart-pounding action! 
 And I love Lucy. 
 She's just as kick-ass as she was the first time round, still a complex character. We learn more about her, and I loved the slow ebb of information throughout the story. She's strong and she's special, but in a good way. 
 Lockwood is still as infuriatingly mysterious, but I felt he started to grate on me a little - what's so bad that he has to hide it? (Speaking of... THAT ENDING?!) 
 George is repulsive, just as he was in the late book. Urgh *shudders* those mannerisms of his. 
 I read this pretty much in one sitting, with a supply of tea and a craving for a jam doughnut. 
 I received a copy of this for free via NetGalley for review purposes.