I have to admit: this series is losing a bit of its charm for me. Sure, C’s still enjoying it (and Hubby’s even been listening in), but I’m feeling like it’s getting a bit stale: the same jokes, the same cuteness, the same story. It’s suffering from the “series syndrome”: Buckley’s trying to give someone who picks up this book enough back story so the book makes sense, but in the process completely bores those of us who’ve read books one and two. I skipped paragraphs, pages even, of information that we already knew (C would say, “We know that, already. Skip it.”).

But… the story picked up about two-thirds of the way through. When Sabrina and their newly “found” Uncle Jake finally (mostly) give up whining and complaining and actually start doing something: finding the pieces of the Vorpal Blade so they can kill the Jabberwocky, but more importantly, cut a hole in the barrier so they can take Puck to the faeries because he got his wings ripped off by the Jabberwocky while he was trying to save the Grimm sisters. (Whew.) The taking Puck to the faeries is the fourth book, but the adventures they had to put the Vorpal Blade together (okay, I did like the way Buckley utilized Lewis Carrol in this book) were fun. We met the not-so-Little Mermaid, Baba Yaga and figured out who The Blue Fairy is (from Pinocchio; she’s the most powerful Everafter because she has the power to give life). The ending was even okay, mostly because while it was a bit of a cliff-hanger, it wasn’t nearly as suspenseful or hate-inducing as the last two books.

So, we’re going to keep plugging on with the series (can’t give up in the middle). And I’m hoping that the next two books make me like the series as much as I did in the beginning.