While it's definitely better than the last book I read in this series, I'm afraid I disliked that one so much, I'm having trouble figuring out how much of my rating is just a sense of relief. This book switches up the formula of how the events of each book in the series are told. While I appreciated not having Hawthorne be aggravating and Horowitz be anxious as the main character traits/actions, I do wish there had been a bit more with them.1/?