The Incredible Charlotte Sycamore and the Secret Traps is the second book in the young adult Charlotte Sycamore series by Kate Maddison. The Charlotte Sycamore series a young adult steampunk adventure series set in Britain. I didn't realize that this book was the second book in the series until I was already a little ways into the book, but even though I was a bit confused I was already having so much fun that I just wanted to continue. So I went on to goodreads and read the summary for book one and checked out a few of the reviews and then I dived back into the second book. It has been so long since I have read a steampunk book, and Charlotte totally made me want to read more! This book was a ton of fun!

In The Incredible Charlotte Sycamore and the Secret Traps, we meet up again with our main character Charlotte who is living in Buckingham Palace with the Queen. Charlotte kind of has a robin hood thing going as she steals medical supplies from the palace to help the poor, so there is that secret identify aspect of the story that added lots of fun to the plot, but there is also a mystery element for our gang of characters to try and solve.

My favorite aspect of the book, by far were all of the cool gadgets! There is a time traveling machine, robot animals and so many cool techy things. It made the story so much fun and made me want to dive back into more steampunk stories. I will say that I don't really love this cover for the books. I think the cover of book one has an old school Nancy Drew vibe and is better at depicting 16 year old Charlotte. I like the design of this cover, but I think that the woman pictured on it seems to be a bit too old for the character. What do you think? If you are a fan of young adult steampunks with a bit of clean romance, I think The Incredible Charlotte Sycamore and the Secret Traps is a really cool book. I'm bummed there have not been any additional books published since this one.