Masters of the House

**SPOILERS AHEAD**

Entertaining account of children taking on adult roles and making a life for themselves while hiding the fact that they are alone in the world. Masters ultimately is about damnation and salvation, and how people create one or the other in their lives, rather than either state being a judgment passed by G-D.

I’ve always liked books about kids making a life for themselves, it seemed to be a theme for YA books written when I was a pre-teen and they always resonated with me; and probably led to my long-held distrust of authority. Masters of the House does read as a YA book, rather than a commuters’ mystery, but that’s fine. The one gaping hole in the story is the lack of tension after the second murder; the kids show more don’t seem particularly concerned about who did it or if they’re in more danger.

It’s a small point, really, Masters of the House is a great cozy. show less