I love love loved the Georgia Nicholson series, but Rennison gave Georgia such a unique voice that I wasn't sure how she would do with a separate character and how well she would be able to separate the two.

I think placing this story and its characters in the same world as her other series was a good idea so that the similarities could be attributed to the fact that the two main characters were related and interacted with each other. I thought that was a smart move. The downside to this though is that in referencing her previous books, it gave me the impression that she is sort of a one-trick pony. Or at least trying to appeal to her old readers and have them stick with her. It wasn't too annoying though...if it had to be done, I suppose she did it in an alright way. It was kind of disappointing in a way though because she hasn't really branched out any, or gone in any different direction. It's just the same-old that would have been ok for another Georgia book but doesn't seem worth the time to start a brand new series for (unless just doing it to ride your fame). It would make sense if she was planning to take this series in a different direction that she couldn't do with Georgia, but that really didn't seem to be the case. Especially since Georgia is still mentioned and the writing style is basically the same.

This book wasn't as good as Georgia Nicholson. It was a more watered down version, which for some people might be more appealing. I didn't care much for the book until about a half or so through when it started to grow on me a little more. The ending came surprisingly fast after I made it over that halfway bump. But by the end I still didn't really care about Tallulah or the story much though really.

I thought Tallulah and Ruby's friendship and the little owl eggs thing was adorable though :)