The book starts off in the time right after the end of Harry Potter and the
Goblet of Fire and as always, follows Harry and his friends through their school
year. Harry is now 15, a bit older, a bit wiser and bit more headstrong and
obstinate. Then again, aren't all 15Â year olds- The best thing about this
series is that unlike other series of books (for some reason the Hardy Boys
books come to mind), the characters actually do grow up and change with age,
instead of being the same, happy, simple people we met in the original Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. The book is faithful to the others by taking
things that happened in the previous books and using them to help the characters
learn and understand from their successes and their mistakes, and using that
knowledge to help others.