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_puffa_'s review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
3.25
teebles's review
4.0
Aww! I love this duology. It is just so whimsical and magical (although this book didn't have quite as much chocolate as thee first one).
This book did a really good job at further developing the characters (plus my ship sailed in this book! Yes!) This book was also filled with some new characters which were all unique and interesting. The stakes also felt higher in this book because the villain seemed a lot more menacing than Uncle Isadore.
I loved the plot Lin of Caydon's prophecy (which I totally predicted, by the way :-p) it added a whole new level of intrigue to the story.
I'm going to miss this series now that it's done (even if I did buy it over half of my life ago and only just got round to reading it). Its just so magical and honestly one of my favourite middl grades. I definitely think I'll bee rereading it at some point.
This book did a really good job at further developing the characters (plus my ship sailed in this book! Yes!) This book was also filled with some new characters which were all unique and interesting. The stakes also felt higher in this book because the villain seemed a lot more menacing than Uncle Isadore.
I loved the plot Lin of Caydon's prophecy (which I totally predicted, by the way :-p) it added a whole new level of intrigue to the story.
I'm going to miss this series now that it's done (even if I did buy it over half of my life ago and only just got round to reading it). Its just so magical and honestly one of my favourite middl grades. I definitely think I'll bee rereading it at some point.
goldenbooksgirl's review against another edition
3.0
In this return to the magical world we first visited in the Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop, Kate Saunders sends Oz, Lily and Caydon on a new adventure to protect Britain from magical terrorists. Even though the chocolate shop and magic related to chocolate didn`t feel as prominent in this instalment, I still really enjoyed what we did see of it. In addition, I found the time travel element of the plot really confusing and ended up a bit lost for part of the book. However, I feel that the real strength of these books is the characters as there is a really likeable main trio and I liked all of them individually as well as their dynamic as a team. I also thought new character Silver was an excellent addition and she actually ended up becoming my favourite of the children. I wasn`t just as keen on the villains in this book in comparison to first, but they were still suitably scary, and Alba was especially sinister. My absolute favourite characters had to be Demerara the cat and Spike the rat who were so sweet and funny. 3.5/5
curlyhairedbooklover's review against another edition
5.0
The end was bril and by halfway through I couldn't put it down but the beginning wasn't the best. Still LOVED it though!!!!!!
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