Across the Green Grass Fields

Far better than the last book, which was wholly unnecessary and not good at all. The main problem with this one is that the hero's journey happens in, like, the last twenty or so pages of the book. We are briefly introduced to two companions on the hero's journey but given no time to really bond much with them, especially the skinless dear one. It's all very anticlimactic, which has been a problem for a good chunk of the series. The journey needs to be built up so much more than in this book.

That being said, I enjoyed more than some of the others, most notably the Jack & Jill second book, which was actually bad.

There are lovely paragraphs and some real potential, but the series isn't taking the time and care that it did in especially the first two books. I wanted more of everything in this one, because what I DID get, I mostly enjoyed. It all just needed to be developed more.