This would have been an easy 4 stars except that literally all the interesting stakes questions I had were made irrelevant in the last chapter. I know it’s YA, but this is not ruin~~~

Pacing is great in this one. The What Is Up with Mel is answered. And he actually attempts to communicate in this one, so that’s nice. Still want to slap that kid though. The main character is no longer princess peach getting nabbed every episode. I think this trilogy would have made a killer duology, actually. Tighter overarching story and actual stakes would have made this much better, imo.

That being said, this is certainly the best instalment and has some fun little reveals, plus some things happen in this that start plot threads in the next two duologies. Like that a lot.