Series: Masie vs #2
Publication Date: 14th August 2025
Genre: Middle Grade Adventure
4.2 Stars
One Liner: Maisie does it again!
After the excitement in Antarctica, Maisie travels with her dad to the Himalayas to research for a book titled How to Find Buried Treasure. Maisie sure finds the treasure, but also gets into many tussles and attracts unwanted attention as a thief while dodging dangerous explosions.
Looks like there are many secrets Maisie doesn’t know about. Will Dad tell her about them, or will it be too late by then?
The story comes in Maisie’s first-person POV.
My Thoughts:
This is the second book in the series, and it will be better if you read the first one. It does work as a standalone, but if you are into proper character development and backstories, read both. And honestly, you’ll love them.
Since the book is from an eleven-year-old kid’s POV, prepare for it to be filled with vivid imagination, sass, impulsiveness, and recklessness. Don’t look for adult maturity in it, though she can surprise you in unexpected ways.
The day Maisie would keep her promise would probably be declared an international promise day or something (yeah, not gonna happen). As an adult, there were (many) instances I wanted to shake sense into that kid. I’m sure her dad feels the same.
Unlike the previous book, this has very few characters and is set in just a couple of nearby locations (the caves and the adjacent hotel). However, this doesn’t restrict entertainment or adventure even a little. You can trust that kid to get into trouble even in the safest place, and an old cave is hardly safe!
We get a little more detail about her dead mother, which, as you can guess, makes the kiddo super happy. She’s a lonely little girl wanting adventures and to spend more time with her dad, who has a superpower but writes boring books.
Continuing the pattern, each chapter is titled as some sort of ‘How to…’. There can be some spoilers here, so skip the chapter titles if you are particular. I think kids will enjoy the creativity.
I love that ‘little fire god’ comment. So cute and aligns with what we’d say!
Once again, I wish the book had at least two or three illustrations. The ones from the cover could have been divided into individual illustrations and added to the file.
To summarize, Maisie vs the Himalayas is an entertaining, adventurous, and humorous continuation of the series. Be prepared, as it will give kids many ideas that can give you a headache or high blood pressure, lol.
Now that I know where the next adventure will be, I can’t wait to read it!
Thank you, NetGalley and NosyCrow, for the eARC.
#NetGalley #MaisieVstheHimalayas
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