Three friends, lots of supernatural stuff and urban legends, and oh yes, a secret society! I desperately need more of this series!

💖 I loved that this took place in New Rotterdam. I am a Dutch girl myself and I live near Rotterdam, so this was just oodles of fun!
💖 Plus, I loved seeing how this New Rotterdam was, because apparently there isn’t just spooky stuff happening, but also weird weather and lots of fog, and other strange things.
💖 I loved going through New Rotterdam and seeing all sorts of things. From the harbours to the school to other places.
💖 I loved that we didn’t just follow the main kids, but also got to see others who went through some really scary stuff when they find that hourglass filled with red sand. Those parts were terrifying though. GOSH, imagine just doing your laundry and suddenly there is a sweet old granny and time has stopped and oh FUCK she has fangs?
💖 I loved that we learned about all sorts of urban legends/cryptids/legends from the town. I am A BIG BIG fan of that stuff and so this made me squee that we got some spooky information on spooky things! YES! Oh, and the author sure did their best on writing it as scary as possible. That granny? Nightmares. Thanks.
💖 I loved how it went from two (and well three if Serena was also up for things) friends searching for urban legends, updating that wiki, trying to find spooky stuff to a secret society with lots of danger, assassins, scary stuff, and more. It just upped the ante and I just adore every bit of it. The secret society was such a fun thing + I loved that the kids could choose a weapon or item of their choose to help defend themselves/fight the evil things that stalked earth (like the granny, NOPE).
💖 I loved seeing them try to plan out things in regards to the hourglass, find out what happened in the past (because this isn’t the first time that the hourglass and hungry granny has appeared, and then also prepare for it. Things really got hairy and scary and I was 100% in there. Rooting for the kids to make it out.
💖 I also liked that we got some chats between Emrys and Serena, because they are not really the best friends, Hazel is the one connecting them, and that leads to some tension. I am happy that things weren’t left to fester or that things would get dramatic.
💖 Reading about the other society who was trying to get world domination. I love the chess element as well.
💖 The talking book, or well, the person who is in there. While at times I wanted to go in the book and yeet that book, I still like the addition of it and it surely made for a fun addition. I wouldn’t mind a prequel series with this guy and the society in its better years.
💖 The illustrations. Thank you for the frights dear illustrator. Thanks for some NOPE nightmares.

🤔 Not sure how I felt about the revelation at the end in regards to the mayor. It just felt too cliché and I just have seen this kind of revelation one too many times in TV shows, movies, and books. Can we just have a bad adult who is a bad adult without making him part of an evil society?

All in all, I need more! This is one series I will keep on buying, I am curious what is next for the kids and what terrors will be up this time! What new urban legends we learn + more.