The Wrath of the Woolington Wyrm
(Miss Mary-Kate Martin's Guide to Monsters)
by Karen Foxlee

Book Summary

There are those that hunt monsters to harm them and there are those that hunt monsters to help them. Which one are you?

Dressed in sparkly red shoes and carrying her strawberry-scented notebook, Mary-Kate accompanies her archaeologist mother to the quiet English countryside to investigate some unusual bones found in an old well.

But soon she realises that the village of Woolington is not as peaceful as it seems; the ground trembles beneath them, there are mysterious noises, and the locals are obsessed with a terrifying old legend.

Could there be any truth in the myth of the beast who lives in the ancient well? With the help of a new friend, Mary-Kate starts getting to the bottom of this monstrous mystery.

I loved reading about Mary-Kate's investigations, the book is so easy to get into and quite fast-paced, there is always something happening.

Mary-Kate is so sweet, I really felt for her with all her worries, and she tries so hard not to cause other people stress. Her mother is lovely, so understanding but also no-nonsense and I think just the right amount of challenging.

I really enjoyed the snippets from P.K. Mayberry's Complete Guide to Monsters of the Northern Hemisphere. I feel like this might need a whole companion book of it's own!

This was such a comfort read, I'm just sorry I don't have book two yet to read next (The Trouble with the Two-Headed Hydra). From the excerpt it sounds like it will be just as much fun to read, specially as it takes place in a Greek island!

Mary-Kate definitely deserves a cocktail of her own so I've created one with strawberry and of course, glitter! Muddle a couple of strawberries in a shaker, add 30ml gin and 20ml lemon juice, shake with ice and strain into a flute glass. Add a sprinkle of pink edible glitter then slowly top with prosecco which will get the glitter swirling around beautifully.