This series is very cute and I have two very specific issues with it. The first is Aladdin movification where characters seem to work through problems in the previous installments only to...not have done so as fully as it seemed like they had the first time around. Which is fine, psychological healing is complicated, but I would prefer we showed that not by jumping immediately to "expressed my feelings, feeling better!" in the previous book only to rework it now, but to acknowledge the incompleteness from the getgo.
And, like, I do like empowerment in stories and I'm also annoying about it because the fantasy that just understanding your *cough* stuff is enough to vanquish it is particularly pernicious even if convenient. (Fantasies aimed at men are muscle-power fantasies while those aimed at women are will-power fantasy and the latter need a certain amount of critique.)
There is, of course, the irony of critiquing a book that both depicts unrealistic female empowerment AND depicts the kind of dickwaffle who tears those fantasies down for...depicting the unrealistic wish fulfillment. Granted I'm entirely on board with the unrealistic wish fulfillment of kicking ass and taking names. It's just solving years of psychological trauma by thinking hard about it for about forty-eight hours that I find...frustrating.
Also, on the subject of wish-fulfillment fantasies, I would love a dude who did not become a jerk when feeling protective. Like if I can have any unrealistic fantasy at all, why not one of those!?

And this is still a very fun superhero pop psych series of novels that I will probably continue to read because, well, thems the books.