forsidious 's review for:

Amelia Fang and the Unicorns of Glitteropolis by Laura Ellen Anderson

3.5

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I'm trying to not take these books that seriously given the audience and they're clearly intended to be silly, but this one had moments that were a bit much that almost took the enjoyment out for me. Florence in particular is a grating character and is quite literally the source of all the groups troubles in the beginning of this book. That would be fine, except the fact that she really shouldn't be there at all. She's the hardest to disguise and if the Light is so dangerous, having her (and Grimaldi) go with the King makes little sense. Amelia is pushing it, but at least she directly discovered the truth about Tangine's mom in the last book. Florence does get better as the book goes on since she's not purposefully ruining everything, but the yelling caps lock dialogue gets old. 

There is an editing error in this book: There's a point where they meet the leprechaun and Florence is talking with Tangine and then suddenly she's sitting on him? I reread the section several times to make sure I didn't miss something, but there's no mention of her falling over where she might have sat on top of him. There's an implication that she gets spooked, but no physical description. 

The ending is cute with the connection of the two worlds, and the artwork is incredibly cute and really is what keeps me coming back. Plus they're shot 1.5 hour reads.

C - 6, A - 10, W - 6, P - 7, I - 9, L - 4, E - 7