This book was an extremely easy read. It was easy to fall in the love with the characters and root for their happy ending.

I love the main character and the whole romance aspect. Great queer representation. Felt ending was slightly lacking but still loved the journey. Loved the magic, the humor, everything. Hard to put down.

The book was a bit depressing but I read it to the end. On the plus side, the flawed characters are reassuringly imperfect.

I really enjoyed the plot in this book, it was unique. I liked Eileen and Anders and how they both love reading. I haven’t read too many books where the main characters love to read so I really enjoyed this one.

I thought that I would like the plot more than I did. I am not a huge fan of regency era romance but I do like to read it once in a while. This was not it for me.

New Arrivals at the Loch did a wonderful job of bringing all the different characters and their storylines to a close. I was truly bummed when I finished this book because there won’t be any more stories from Loch Lannick!

I wouldn’t recommend reading this one. I only liked the detectives character in this but I didn’t enjoy reading from all the different points of view.

I really enjoyed this book, it is great for all ages. I read it with my mother and we had a discussion about how animals were treated in the 70s. Being a child from the 90s when animal rights were established, I didn't understand some of the significance, so that is a great talking point when reading with younger children. I really like how Katherine Applegate gives voices to those who don't usually have voices. This book had a similar feeling to Charlotte's Web and will become a children's classic.

DNF the main character is extremely immature and I ended up just reading the spoilers on good reads instead of finishing it .

This was not like the first book at all. It was mindless banter between the Kai and Pae and I didn’t find that it advanced the plot at all. The ending was predictable and I didn’t like reading Kits pointless chapters. I could have easily skipped reading this book.