This was excellent and totally hooked me for the series! „The Notorious Scarlet and Browne“ by Jonathan Stroud is set about 6 months after the events of the first book in the series. We follow Scarlet and Albert as a now efficient team of outlaws getting in all kinds of trouble. Meeting old friends and new enemies. I won’t go into much detail about the plot since I would recommend going in without much knowledge. I did like the first volume in the series but I wasn’t blown away by it. This volume however totally changed my mind about the series! The story was engaging and had many interesting settings that expanded the world in a meaningful way. The dark worldbuilding pulled me in and suprised me at times in its emotional brutality. The pacing was fantastic and I wasn’t bored for a second. There where clues about the mysteries from the first book that really hooked me and I can’t wait to find out more. The most impactful aspect however was the character growth in this novel. The way the relationship developed between the protagonist was really heartwarming. I loved that we got to know more about the character’s past and it really made me empathize with them. Paired with Stroud’s outstanding writing this book had me in tears at a certain point. I’m full of praise and really can’t think of a thing I would change! I’m eagerly awaiting the next installment of „The Outlaws Scarlet and Browne“.

4,5⭐️ Jonathan Stroud schafft es jedes Mal aufs Neue mich zu begeistern. Nachdem man im ersten Band von Scarlett & Browne viel über Albert erfahren hat, geht es hier eher um Scarlett’s Vergangenheit, was dem Charakter noch mal eine gewisse Tiefe gibt. Ich mochte auch hier wieder den Ablauf der Geschichte und liebe die beiden Hauptcharaktere - vor allem Albert, mit seiner leicht zerstreuten Art, konnte mich immer wieder zum schmunzeln bringen. Bitte sagt mir, dass da noch ein weiterer Band kommt, denn ich will noch nicht mit dieser Reihe abschließen! Definitiv ein Jahreshighlight für mich.