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amanda1793's review
4.0
Not a bad end for the story. The Children's mother believes them, Lucinda is out of the asylum, the elves are happy, and everything is well in the fairy world and the human one.
The over all end to the story ties a nice bow to story... Like I said, alls well.
The over all end to the story ties a nice bow to story... Like I said, alls well.
futurama1979's review
5.0
Not only is this book the perfect conclusion to the series, it also exemplifies the sort of modern fantasy that makes these books so memorable. The castle in the junkyard, the dragons drinking milk; everything was super well done with super great imagery, not to mention an unnerving edge.
It also feels, despite the obvious fantasy narrative, really grounded and real in ways. When the kids realize their mom is gone and, even though in the past she yelled at them and grounded them, they would do anything to get her back... when Jared admits that he really doesn’t want to die but he would rather that than see his siblings and mom get hurt... the whole thing with their dad and Jared having to realize he really was sort of a shitty person and didn’t care about them.. maybe I just come
from a family of three siblings n split up parents but all that resonated so hard. Great finish for the series.
It also feels, despite the obvious fantasy narrative, really grounded and real in ways. When the kids realize their mom is gone and, even though in the past she yelled at them and grounded them, they would do anything to get her back... when Jared admits that he really doesn’t want to die but he would rather that than see his siblings and mom get hurt... the whole thing with their dad and Jared having to realize he really was sort of a shitty person and didn’t care about them.. maybe I just come
from a family of three siblings n split up parents but all that resonated so hard. Great finish for the series.
mashkhura_1378's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
arrrjae's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
stormyharper's review
3.0
This was a really good series I think I would have liked it more when I was younger but I love how these books are quick and easy to read as I really did love this movie when I was in my teens just didn't know there was books as well
There were a lot of mythical creatures in these books which I loved and adored.Aunt Lucinda is out of the hospital and go to her aunt Lucinda's dad - Jared, Simon, and, Mallory's great great uncle. He has been gone a long time and gets wished back. He sees Lucinda hugs her, but he can't touch the ground or else he will turn to ash
There were a lot of mythical creatures in these books which I loved and adored.Aunt Lucinda is out of the hospital and go to her aunt Lucinda's dad - Jared, Simon, and, Mallory's great great uncle. He has been gone a long time and gets wished back. He sees Lucinda hugs her, but he can't touch the ground or else he will turn to ash
jgkubik's review against another edition
adventurous
inspiring
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
miss_majuu's review
3.0
Eh... It was a good conclusion to the series but I saw the movie as a child (which has some differences) and I guess that's why I prefer the movie ending. Just gave me more feelings, which may be due the fact that I was younger
brii_brii's review
4.0
This was such a great conclusion to the series. The villain is great. There's so much action. We get to spend the book with all of our favorite Fey that we've collected along the series. This was absolutely the best book of the 5.
My daughter and I sat down and read it in one go, even stayed up past bedtime because we couldn't put it down.
There were a couple complaints from the little though. She really didn't love the baby dragons getting chomped (because they're still cute little babies).
She does, however, love Mallory so I think it was pretty easy for her to get past the bits she didn't like because “Malloy is SO awesome”.
We both really enjoyed this series. We blew through it in a week, so we're a little sad that there wasn't more of it to enjoy.
harleyrae's review
5.0
This book was fantastic, probably one of my favorites in the series. This was such an interesting and fun read. I enjoyed how everything wrapped up. It was great to be back in this world, I really being able to reread this series over again.