Review: A Toadally Fun Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 11, 2013
The trouble with toads was a very fun book to read. Although it never really said who the narrator was, most of the time that point of view provided a nice aspect to the storytelling. To say that 12-year-old Bettony gets into trouble when she turns her older sister into a toad is putting it mildly. Things go from bad to worse in no time. But in Bettony's view, having a helpful and beautiful stepsister is worse.Of course a lot of magic is involved. Maybe the magic isn't bad, but in Bettony's hands the results are disastrous. And grandmother can't help fix the magical mess. So two girls and one unhappy toad are on their own. Needless to say, misadventures follow. The cleanup makes more messes, and the fairy godmother doesn't help.Right up until the end, I thought the story was going to turn out fine. It didn't. Oh, no, not another sequel! Other than some errors, not so many as to be distracting, and a few overlong narrator sections, everything worked right up until the non-ending. Leafty had my heart except for the incomplete arc. Four stars, and hurry up and write that next book!