One too many mornings

I’ve just finished reading this sixth installment of the Harry Potter series. It engaged me much better than the last few books, it wasn’t as long and the style was punchier, much like the first and second books. The heroes are 16 now and are distracted from the fight against the Dark Arts by the usual teenage diversions with the opposite sex, and with procuring butterbeer. A wizard comes of age at 17 so they are almost at a rite of passage. The ending is intriuging and sets up several possiblities for the final book of the series where Harry and Voldemort must have their final reckoning. Had this book been as slow as the Order of Phoenix I don’t think I would have bothered with the last one feeling that JK Rowling had run out of steam. This book shows her to back to form and I’m looking forward to reading the conclusion.