Kiki Strike: The Darkness Dwellers by Kristen Miller

The book that I have recently finished is Kiki Strike: The Darkness Dwellers by Kristen Miller. In the novel the Irregulars (a group of outcast with amazing criminal skills) have moved to Paris to help a group of French outcast called the Darkness Dwellers, who help foil criminal plots underneath Paris. Kiki final claims the throne of Pokrovia to which she is the heir but only after being kidnapped, kidnapping her cousin who is impersonating her, catching some murders and making her cousin grow a mustache.  But none of this would have been possible without the help of Betty Bent who is finally revealing her true potential. The other Irregulars don’t give Betty a fair chance because she is usually nice and incapable of facing dangers. 

“’You know, Ananka, you and the other Irregulars take risks all the time. Nobody ever asked DeeDee whether she sure she wants to cook up a new batch of explosives. Or Luz if she’s sure it’s a good idea to make a laser-shooting robot. Why is everyone so worried about me? I didn’t sign up for the Irregulars so I could sit back and watch my friends have all the fun. So, please, just step aside and let me do my job, will you?”’ (33%) (I read this on my kindle and it doesn’t give pages numbers just percent’s.)  This quote shows that the other Irregulars take risks all the time but just because Betty is the master of disguise and she doesn’t do a lot of dangerous things doesn’t mean that she isn’t capable of it. When Betty goes of to Paris everyone is worried that they have sent the wrong person but by the time she comes back she has proven herself.

We may not all be fighting crime and saving the world but we can all learn not judge a book by its cover but by what’s inside and what they do to prove it. I highly recommend this book but only if you have read the two other Kiki Strike books.