On to the next adventure (Honors English 1B Post #9)

I have had Hollow City since March 17th. Yeah, you read that correctly. MARCH. I'm still using my "I was reading Fahrenheit in the middle and so that makes up for not reading" excuse. I think the best thing about FINALLY finishing HC is the fact that there is a note in the back that said that there is a third book in the series coming out soon. To be completely honest here, the ending wasn't thrilling. Around the end, it was the action-packed, mystical, mysterious plot that got me sucked into these books. Then when I got to the last few pages it was kind of... empty. I think it ended at a very good spot to pick back up with a third book, though. Props to Ransom Riggs. I think Riggs has grown as an author since his debut novel and the first in the series, Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children. While Peregrines left everything open at the end, HC brought everything full circle and connected everything back together so that mostly everything makes sense now. One of the biggest mysteries that gets solved is the name on the front of the book (under the book cover): Perplexus Anomalous. From a quick Google search when I first started the book I found out that he is the only male ymbryne (IM-brinn, a type of Peculiarality where they can manipulate time & turn into birds, only female ymbrynes.) Perplexus Anomalous is the name of the only male ymbryne. I found this to be perplexing. He never gets fully explained in the book. I'm hoping for a better explanation in the third book. Overall, I give these books a 9/10. I would really recommend them to anybody, as I have really enjoyed them. Let me know if you have any suggestions of a next book for me!