User blog comment:Archer of Az-Zure/The Golden Door Review/@comment-13471095-20170801184141

I agree with you that The Golden Door was the best of the trilogy. But I honestly can't say it's my favourite book Rodda has written. It had some great mistery, good worldbuilding, and that climax with the sea serpents was such a page-turner, but something about it just felt off to me. I liked Rye, but I think Sonia comes off as too similar to Jasmine for my liking.

Personally, I'd give this book a 7.5/10