You may have thought of having a threesome, but could you live your life as a permanent member of one? After Tina spends a steamy weekend in Santa Barbara with Des and her boyfriend Josh, they decide that they can live this life. But someone else has his eye on Tina. This tale was just okay. It had variety and an interesting concept, but it unravels at the end.

4 Stars

Carlotta Wren is finally back at Neiman's. The time off about killed her. Literally. On her first day back the store is having a special guest: Eva McCoy. Eva is a gold medal Olympian who attributes her success to her charm bracelet. When said bracelet is stolen in the middle of the store, Carlota wants to help Eva get it back. But things get worse when women start dyeing with charms in their mouths. Jack, Peter, and Cooper still form the corners of a love square, Wesley is still in trouble, and Carlotta’s parents are still on the lamb. Will this live ever get better?

The Charmed Killer is still loose in Atlanta. But so is a high class purse thief. Carlotta is just trying to get through life. Michael is still on the loose, Wesley is now working for his loan shark undercover for the police, Coop is going off the deep end. And Carlotta has moved in with Peter, but still fooling around with Jack. This title suffers from the second book slump but set up for what I hope will be a great ending.

We finally learn who the charmed killer is but that is about the only thing that gets wrapped up in this last novel. Carlotta is still living with Peter, but they have flamed out, important people go missing, die, or get thrown in jail, and worst off all, the story does not end!!! The love square is never made a line; we don’t know what happens to Wesley, the pregnant lawyer, the parents, nothing. Overall I find this a disappointing end. There is another short story after this but it does not really answer the big questions. And since it has been over 2 years since this book was published and the author has written at least 4 other new books, I doubt we ever find out.

Sometimes kids die. In this case death was made possible by an exploding marshmallow bear. Kids with spotty life records wind up in Limbo: the first circle of heck. Marlo is an older sister and she is B.A.D. She steals, lies, cheats, and plays mean tricks on her brother Milton. Milton is the opposite of Marlo. He likes books and rules, and always does what he is told. He ends up in Limbo because of his sister. Limbo is under the control of Bee “Elsa” Bub and other historically mean/evil characters. Many of these cast members would only have meaning to adults and not the 3rd and 4th grade readers this books seems aimed at. This book has come comedic moments, and many kids will want to continue the series, but I doubt it will become classic literature.