He wasn’t really that scary and not all that smart at times.
However, the villain was kinda typical for a kids book. He’s a present parent character that adults will enjoy seeing. His protectiveness of Sera is touching and he tries so hard to be a parent to his best ability. Both did seem to have a bit too eloquent of dialogue for children who don’t to hardly anyone I think they should’ve been a bit more socially awkward, but it’s a small nitpick. Braden was a decent male character, although he wasn’t as fleshed out as Sera was. As the plot thickened with the man in the black cloak, she showed many sides to her character that made her really fleshed out: nervous, terror, anger, power and thinking things through. She loves wandering around the house’s basement at night hunting rats. She remembers her father taught her to find safety or defend herself. She is a critical thinker, which has been a bit hard to find in books these days.
If you know of kids who want a Halloween type book, or a good car trip book, this would be a great choice.Ĭharacters: The best of this book was Serafina herself. I couldn’t imagine anyone else doing this audio book. But this was a great narration by her! I loved the voice she gave to Serafina and even added a bit of creepy to the darker parts as well. Sometimes she said words funny and didn’t have the tone to match the character. I had listened to 2 previous audio books by Campbell and at first, I thought I didn’t like her narration style. before all of the children vanish one by one. Braeden and Serafina must uncover the Man in the Black Cloak’s true identity. Following her own harrowing escape, Serafina risks everything by joining forces with Braeden Vanderbilt, the young nephew of the Biltmore’s owners. But when children at the estate start disappearing, only Serafina knows who the culprit is: a terrifying man in a black cloak who stalks Biltmore’s corridors at night. None of the rich folk upstairs know that Serafina exists she and her pa, the estate’s maintenance man, have secretly lived in the basement for as long as Serafina can remember. There’s plenty to explore in her grand home, although she must take care to never be seen.
Goodreads Synopsis: Serafina has never had a reason to disobey her pa and venture beyond the grounds of the Biltmore estate. I hadn’t read middle grade since I was the proper age, but decided to give it a shot since Overdrive had it available and that it was under 10 hours. I have seen this series floating a bit on Booktube as the books have been coming out. Title: Seraphina and the Black Cloak (Seraphina #1)
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