morci 's review for:

Beyond the Kingdoms by Chris Colfer
4.0

Each addition to this series has gotten better and better! This one was crazy jammed packed with plots and side quests and realms and explanations. It was almost a bit much. This book should have been twice as long to give eveything it's time to shine.

The realm hopping was awesome and so much fun, but. I favored some over others, wanted them to skip some realms and stay in others forever. It's personal preference really and wonderland was disappointing considering it's my favorite. Another problem with this book was the sheer amount of new characters. It read like a role call because there's easily 25+ new characters from all the different realms introduced. Some are hilarious, some come along on the quest which was really interesting and fun, and some get only a mention or a line.

Some favorites of mine were seeing how much Red has changed since she was first introduced. I loved her and the lost boys! Mother Goose, another fav, was a little less crazy and a bit more sentimental in this one (aw). Some romance blossoms with Alex but it works well and it's cute. Even though so much is happening plot wise, there was still room for the main and even side characters to progress.

This book seemed so short because it was so fast paced. An unfair ending will lead right into the next book which is great and awful all at once. Another addition is coming yay! But dang it I've got to wait it out!