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(3.5 / 5)
Land of Stories #2
The Enchantress Returns was a fun return to the land of stories as our heroes, Alex and Connor, begin to grow up and come into their own. No longer are they the confused kids that stumbled into the fairy tale world from The Wishing Spell. This time, they have a purpose and they prove themselves to be resourceful, dependable, and pretty darn brave. The ending surprised me and set us up for a new chapter in Alex and Conner’s story; one I can honestly say that I wasn’t expecting. I’m curious to see how the character’s adjust to the changes wrought by the novel’s end. I feel like book 3 promises to be a much different novel than its predecessors.
One thing that I found a bit disappointing: I felt the driving plotline was a bit too much of a rehash of its prequel. Once again the kids are searching for the fairy tale components of a magical spell. And to get them, they must travel far and wide across the land of stories. While the story in an of itself is very different, reusing this plot device again so soon seems a bit of a cop out to me. I hope that the future books in the series can break this mold.