I love a good mystery!..Mystery books that really take you along on the journey, making you feel like you're one of the detectives working on the case, are extremely fun! Picking up on the clues, thinking it all through and challenging yourself to crack the case before the characters do..Honestly, this wasn't that kind of book.I am a fan of Nancy Drew...not the biggest, as i haven't read close to all of the books...but i have read quite a few(love them!), and own several of the games, too. My siblings(especially my 8-year-old brother, Princeton) have become interested, as well, through watching me play the games.Knowing that the Hardy Boys are considered to be the boy version of Nancy Drew, i pointed them out to Princeton when we visited the library, and he picked out this one....I actually want to give it a better rating, just cause i had a great time reading it with him...! But, it really wasn't all that great of a book... 2 stars.There wasn't much chance to solve the mystery on your own; most of the clues the boys got just gave them the next place for them to search.. Nothing useful for the reader to think through.And we actually found mistakes in it!.... Details the author didn't realize he didn't mention..such as in the case of a character that got injured.. They never mentioned that it was a gun wound, but one of the Hardy boys asked where he got shot.It was fun to read. But i'm sure there must be better books in this series!...
