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A review by j_rowley
The Lost Fairy Tales by Anna James
3.0
Tilly and Oskar are off on another adventure. Amelia has been voted out as head librarian and Melville Underwood has just escaped from fairy tale land to be voted in.
Meanwhile Tilly and Oskar head to Paris to visit Oskar's dad and find out that Oskar's grandma is a book wanderer. She takes them to a friend's (Gretchen) book shop of fairy tales. They book wander into the fairy tales and almost get stuck. Fairy tale world is developing black holes (called plot holes) and stories are disappearing from the book. They escape through the end paper to the French Underlibrary. (people there know of her grandparents, but not all that's going on) Everything is okay and they head back to England. Gretchen shows up. She was friends with Grandma and had different take on fairy tales. She tricks Tilly and Oskar into heading to fairy tale land to help. Meet Decima, Underwood's twin, and find Chalk there in league with the twins. Decima wants a drop of Tilly's blood to "save" the fairy tales. Aging Melville shows up to be tattooed with fairy tale ink mixed with Tilly's blood. Gretchen horrified that she was tricked and falls into end papers. Tilly and Oskar must escapte through endpapers.
At the Underlibrary, Melville holding meeting and presents Chalk and Decima. Destroys Chalk as punishment (and denies having anything to do with Chalk). Tilly and Oskar try to tell truth after Chalk destroyed. End leaves Underwoods in power about to bind books so no one can book wander.
Good. Like the way they incorporate fairy tales. Didn't like the ending. Hate when author leaves it hanging. Needed better one. Should have completed the Underwood story line. Maybe left as Chalk big bad. Was rather a let down to see him destroyed so easily after first book.
Meanwhile Tilly and Oskar head to Paris to visit Oskar's dad and find out that Oskar's grandma is a book wanderer. She takes them to a friend's (Gretchen) book shop of fairy tales. They book wander into the fairy tales and almost get stuck. Fairy tale world is developing black holes (called plot holes) and stories are disappearing from the book. They escape through the end paper to the French Underlibrary. (people there know of her grandparents, but not all that's going on) Everything is okay and they head back to England. Gretchen shows up. She was friends with Grandma and had different take on fairy tales. She tricks Tilly and Oskar into heading to fairy tale land to help. Meet Decima, Underwood's twin, and find Chalk there in league with the twins. Decima wants a drop of Tilly's blood to "save" the fairy tales. Aging Melville shows up to be tattooed with fairy tale ink mixed with Tilly's blood. Gretchen horrified that she was tricked and falls into end papers. Tilly and Oskar must escapte through endpapers.
At the Underlibrary, Melville holding meeting and presents Chalk and Decima. Destroys Chalk as punishment (and denies having anything to do with Chalk). Tilly and Oskar try to tell truth after Chalk destroyed. End leaves Underwoods in power about to bind books so no one can book wander.
Good. Like the way they incorporate fairy tales. Didn't like the ending. Hate when author leaves it hanging. Needed better one. Should have completed the Underwood story line. Maybe left as Chalk big bad. Was rather a let down to see him destroyed so easily after first book.