Book Review: The Lost Notes of the Soul Spinners by Reece Carter

 The Lost Notes of the Soul Spinners is the third and final book in Reece Carter's Elston-Fright series. 

 Corpse, Girl and Flip are back again, with Simon the giant huntsman spider, in another thrilling adventure. Today is the day the trio are going to prove to the townsfolk that they share their home with ghosts and magic. However when the gathering is disrupted by a wraith everything they had planned goes terribly wrong and Corpse and Girl must flee.

 

Although not as exciting and action packed as the first two books A Girl Called Corpse  and  The Lonely Lighthouse of Elston-Fright  The Lost Notes of the Soul Spinners is still bursting with danger with new enemies to battle and an old foe, Worst Witch, back for revenge.

 

Told through the alternating narration of Corpse and Girl, Carter includes themes of greed, bullying and the fear of change.

 

"What you did was horrible, and just because you're hurt doesn't make it okay to hurt other people ... "

 

" Stuff changes all the time, and you can never quite know how those changes will go or what will be on the other side of them. That's okay, though. Because I know that whatever comes next, even if I can't know yet what it might be, it's nothing to Worry about. It'll be all right. And maybe - just maybe - it might even be great."

The Lost Notes of the Soul Spinners is an excellent wrap-up of the series. All the questions, and the mystery, surrounding Corpse and Girl are satisfactorily answered.

Content: witches, stolen children , talk of death.

My rating 4 / 5  👻👻👻👻

Recommended age: 8 - 12 years 

Publisher: Allen & Unwin Children

Publication date: 1st April 2025

Series: Elston-Fright #3

Genre: Middle Grade / Fantasy

Pages: 352

RRP: AU$18.99 (paperback)

Source: Courtesy of the publisher 

Other books in this series:

A Girl Called Corpse

The Lonely Lighthouse of Elston-Fright