Lynnie 
young adult, adventure, fantasy, series
I have to admit I didn't even know that a fourth Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children book was coming out but based on A Map of Days' cliffhanger ending, we can expect a 5th as well (the cliffhanger is the reason that it's 3 1/2 stars rather than 4).
That said, I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to spend some more time with Ransom Riggs' characters and thought the story was a lot of fun. Like the third book in the series (Library of Souls), I was glad that Riggs narrowed the focus to a few of the peculiars- it really helps the story flow when you aren't keeping track of 10-15 different people at once. Also like the previous two books though I thought the photos were not used as well or effectively as in the first novel. In my review of Library of Souls I wrote that the photos were used "as if they found a picture, wrote a small paragraph about it and then stuck that into the novel when they thought they needed another picture." That's pretty true in this book as well although some of the photos end up being the inspiration for locations and I think those were both more interesting and effective.
I enjoy the world that Riggs has built so I'm sure I'll read the next book whenever it appears. If you've read and enjoyed the previous three Peculiar Children books, you'll find plenty to enjoy in this one.
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