13 Children's Books Featuring Poverty and Homelessness.I continue to recommend the Skulduggery Pleasant books, but if you haven’t read the first book in the series read that before you read Playing with Fire.
That said, I am absolutely going to continue the series and I look forward to it. I can’t emphasize enough that the plot wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t as good as what I’ve already seen. I don’t hold this too much against the book, and in series like this you have to expect that some books are going to be more world building and setting up a storyline than they are going to be standalone exciting books. However, it just isn’t as exciting as the first book was or I imagine the third book will be. Playing with Fire sets the stage for the third book in the series, and it is necessary world and story building. The plot isn’t bad, but it just isn’t as good as the first book was. The only thing that keeps me from making this a five-stars-across-the-board book is the plot. And as if all of these things were not enough to make this book incredibly fun, the narrator does an excellent job bringing the story to life. I love the comedy woven in to Skulduggery’s character in particular. Landy has mastered a perfect balance in his writing style, one that makes this book which is intended for middle graders and young adults accessible to any age. It keeps the reader on their toes the whole time without getting boring or rushing too quickly.
Derek Landy absolutely nails this feeling in the Skulduggery Pleasant series, and Playing with Fire is no exception. It is the idea that there is something more than the eye can see in our own reality, and that that makes everything both in the book and in our own lives feel just a little bit more magical and mysterious. I really do genuinely love fantasies like this where there is a world within a world. Altogether the characters remain delightful, providing both intrigue and entertainment. Many new faces appear in Playing with Fire, but there are also many faces from the first book that we have grown to love. We spent quite a lot of time untangling evil motives and plots in this book, but there is still time for Skulduggery’s dry sense of humor and Valkyrie’s family reunion. Playing with Fire has the feel of history repeating itself, but this history is just as new to the reader as it is to Valkyrie Kane. Now that the world has been unveiled Derek Landy has a bit of room to tease out the relationships between characters, including their sordid pasts. Playing with Fire is just as much fun as the first book in the series, and sets us up for even more danger and thrills to come as the series moves forward. These books have exactly the kind of exciting world I loved reading about when I was younger, and is still nostalgic today. The Skulduggery Pleasant books are absolutely hilarious and I enjoy them every time I read one.
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