And the Winner is!

Mood:(Accomplished)

Books

Tink North of Neverland

Lily in Full Bloom

The Trouble with Tink

Vidia and the Fairy Crown

Fira and the Full Moon

Myka Finds Her Way

A Masterpiece for Bess

Lily in Full Bloom

Prilla and the Butterfly Lie

Dulcie's Taste of Magic

Rani and the Mermaid Lagoon

Tinker Bell Takes Charge

Beck and the Great Berry Battle

Rosetta's Daring Day

Queen Clarion's Secret

Silver Mist and the Lady Bug Curse

Beck Beyond the Sea

Iridessa Lost at Sea

Fawn and the Mysterious Trickster

There you have it. Fawn's and Iridessa's book beat Beck's book for the worst book in the series because at least Beck had Terence being the logical guy he sappoused to be, and Spinner. What do the others have? Nothing

Now for the Fairies

1. Fira

2. Tink/Terence (They're tied)

3. Lyria

4. Prilla

5. Vidia

6. Bobble/Clank (I concider them like one person)

7. Bess

8. Lily/Myka (again tie)

9. Spinner

10. Rosetta

11. Dulcie

12. Silver Mist

13. Fairy Mary

14. Beck

15. Rani

16. Fawn

17. Queen Clarion

18. Iridessa

>_> Lyria needs to start appearing in the books, she's so cool.

Fira, Bess and Prilla review

Mood:(Excited)

Title: Fira and the Full Moon

Characters: Fira, Helios, Sparkle, Glory, Luna, Iridessa, Beck, Elixa, Vidia, Prilla, Lily, Orren, Precious, Tink, Spring

Rating: Four stars

Synopsis: Fira is a light-talent fairy who never asks for help. When all the fireflies come down with the no-fire flu, she takes charge. When three brand-new light-talent fairies show up at the same time , she looks after them. And on the night of the full moon, when the mining-talent fairies need someone to light up the underground caves, Fira leads the way.

But all that hard work takes it's toll. Fira is tired. Deep in the mining tunnels her light flickers, then goes out! Will the full moon be Fira's darkest hour?

Opinion: Fira was my favorite fairy all the way back in 2007 when In the Realm of the Never Fairies showed up on my library's shelves. I always thought she was beautiful and fashionable and had fantastic hair! And she managaed this without looking to girly.

Now that I'm older and have a stricter list for fairies to pass before there let into my favorite list, I'm amazed how Fira has managed to be my favorite.

Fira is the perfect mix of sass, glamour, kindness, and go-get-em additude. She doesn't sit and wait around for others to feel pity on her, or throw her hands up in defeat when life becomes complicated. Nope she just keeps rolling.

In many way Fira reminds me of me a lot. I do always fall into this habit of thinking if I want somthing to be done right, do it yourself. I tend to let people pile a lot on my plate because I feel if I try to get others to do it, even if there comletly capable, somthing's going to go wrong. I can sometimes work myself to exhaustion (like she often does) and it always results in disaster.

Other traits we share are sometimes forgetting to hold back out snippy comments, getting frustrated with our charges, and accidentally insulting others without even realizing it.

In this book Fira is charged with three very important tasks, making sure the light fairies are doing there jobs while the fireflies are sick.taking care of three new light fairies and lighting the way for the minners. each proves to be difficult for her.

She is working herself to exhaustion with the fireflies out, the three triplets are like rambuncous toddelers, and during the exbidition she gets lost and her glow goes out.

It is here Fira is given a lesson that it's ok to look to others for assistance when sometimes things get to hard for one person to handle all by themselves. The three triplets find her in the cave, even after she refused there offer to help and snapped at them for making a mess.

Pros: Fira is an absolute prestine fairy

The Triplets are a hoot and a half, ecpecially if you watch children yourself or have one

The story is a good one that gets its point across without shoving it in your face

All the characters are enjoyable in there own way

The Minners are an ecpecially interesting talent to read about.

Cons: A few uncessiary chapters dealing with the triplets and Fira

A rather rushed ending

Worth it: Yes.

Title: A Masterpiece for Bess

Characters: Bess, Tinker Bell, Lily, Rosetta, Qwill, Vidia, Dulcie, Terence, Fern, Rani, Silver Mist, Laidel, Colin, Fawn, Hem

Rating: Three and a half stars

Synopsis: Bess' brilliant new painting of Tinker Bell is a perfect likeness, from the dimples on Tink's cheeks to the pom-poms of her shoes. Suddenly, every fairy and sparrow man wants a portrait painted by Bess. She's the most popular art-talent fairy in Pixie Hollow!

But as much as Bess loves paitning, she just can't keep up with all the deamands for portraits. And a new idea has been tugging at her imagination....if only she had time to think about it!

Opinion: While the story of Bess struggling with the portraits was a bit on the yawn side, there was many details of this sotry I enjoyed and wish to point out.

1. This showed us an excellent example of how silly fairies are. It never occured to any of them that Bess might have had to much on her plate. They were being slefish and self interested.

2. This showed how more logical and snesible Terence can be. Out of all the fairies he is the only one to come to Bess not with a request for a portrait but for himself, instead he was just proforming his duty as a dust fairy and complimenting her on her good job on Tink's portrait. Maybe Terence knew she had to much to worry about to ask for one, or maybe Terence simply doesn't fallow fads and wasn't interested in a portrait of himself (It's shown in the magazine he has a portrait of Tink and a portrait of him Jerome and Antea when they were younger) This plays a part in the comic "A portrait for Terence" when Bess realizes she's never painted anything for her friend and makes him a portrait of his own after he helps get over a rough day.

3. Vidia in general stuck me as an interesting character in this story. For once she wasn't nasty doing mean things for no reason kind of fairy. She wasn't Rani sweet either. The author managed to keep her snippy additude without turning her into a villian. She critisizes Bess' portrait of Tink, but not just to be mean, but because she honestly can't see why anyone would want a portrait of themselves standing still. Later when everyone leaves Bess not liking her portrait and she starts crying Vidia stays and toughens her up. She actually gives Bess advice. She tells Bess it doesn't matter what the other fairies think, as long as Bess likes it that's all that matters. She also compliment Bess on her painting......three times. epic win.

Pros: Terence's lack of intreset in fairy pop culture (lol)

Vidia suddenly becoming a emotional crutch for Bess, and allowing it!

Seeing all the silly fairies being silly

Cons: The story itself is very boring

Worth it: Despite it being a boring story I say get it for the details, and for the beautiful illustrations

Title: Prilla and the Butterfly Lie

Characters: Prilla, Nettle, Jason, Vidia, Queen Clarion, Poppy, Pluck, and Butterflies

Rating: Four Stars

Synopsis: The other Fairies in Pixie Hollow are alwats asking Prilla for help. Some want her to scrub floors, others want her to help make ink or shear caterpillers. Prilla always says yes...even when she'd rather not.

Then to avoid hurting her friend's feelings, Prilla tells a little lie about one of the jobs and ends up in charge of a whole herd of butterflies. She's never hearded butterflies before. But how hard can it be? she wonders. She 's about to find out. You see ,there's somthing very important that Prilla doesn't know about butterflies.......

Opinion: Prilla was Gail Carson's easily likes protagonist. I was terrified Disney was going to change her when they wrote her book. I was thrilled to find they kept Prilla, Prilla. She still is desperate to be accepted by the others, and she's willing to go to great lengths to achive this. Even do things she doesn't want to do! Like shearing catapillers!

In steps the ever wise Vidia, once again acting as advice giver. She tells Prilla she's been doing to much for others and not focusing enough on her own talent. She even admits she cares about what happens to Prilla. This gets Prilla thinking perhapes she needs to learn to say no.

But when the time comes to refuse Prilla can't, so she insteads lies and tells her friend she likes butterfly herding instead of Catapiller shearing. This catches up to her later when, after a freak outbreak of Fairy pox, there are no catapiller herders. Prilla is given the job much to her dismay.

She gets herself caught in many embaressing situations (that Pluck is usually observer too) before finding out the truth about Butterflies.

OVer all it was good, good stories good characters good moral. It's ok to help others from time to time, but learn when enough is enough and when to put your foot down and say no thank you. Otherwise like Prilla your gonna end up "walking all over you" and expecting you to do things for them all the time. And your not going to want to refuse because you feel everyone expects you to do things for them. Things are going to get out of control.

oh yeah and the other moral I guess is don't lie, but I got the first one out of this more then the lieing part.

Pros: Prilla again returns as a likeable, understandable character

Vidia is again protrayed as nasty and rude but adviser and friend to those she deems worthy

The story is cute and has two good morals

Nettle is like Prilla a likeable character

Beautiful illustrations of Prilla and the butterflies

Cons: Queen Clarion's laziness shows through again (I mean can't you clink your own glass?)

Not nearly as many fairies as previous books

Woth it: Oh yes

I forgot how much I enjoyed Prilla's book! I do use Vidia's qoute "Be gone with you! your stupid talent bores me!" from time to time (in a superhero voice) but only with my friends and I know it won't bother them or make them feel bad. Next I will review Tink North of Neverland, Beck Beyond the Sea and Dulcie's Taste of Magic.

Terence and the Dust Disaster among other things

Mood: (Busy)

so on top of reading reviewing. I'm also writing, drawing, sewing, and studying (sigh)

but mostly Writing and reading.

I've laways felt Terence deserves a book he's such a central character but he always gets shoved aside for the girls. So I'm going to write and illustrate on for him.

Terence and the Dust Disaster

Characters-

Terence-Obviously, The Main protagonist a dust talent

Prilla- Terence's best friend, a mainland-clapping talent

Myka-Terence's friend, a scout

Rani- Terence's friend and water talent

Jerome- A fellow Dust talent

Todd- A fellow dust talent that is jealous of Terence

Jenna-A fellow dust talent

Lyria- A friend of Terence, a story teller

Tor- a story teller

Lymphia-A laundry talent

Breeze-A laundry talent

Tinker Bell- A pots and pants fairy

Vidia- a fast flyer

Antea- A garden fairy who is in a relationship with Jerome

Silver Mist- a Friend of Terence, a water fairy

Queen Clarion- The Queen

Terence, Prilla, Myka and Rani are the four main ones.

Oh yeah Mother Dove's there too. I always thought it was werid how they never showed much a connection between Terence and Mother Dove. I mean He is a Dust Fairy and dust comes from her feathers. It would make sense to have her mean a lot to him.

Synopsis- Terence has always been Pixie Hollow's best Fairy Dust talent, he has also always been Pixie Hollow's shyest and most humble fairy. So he's honnored but a little nervous when he gets chosen to create a faster and more effective system to create Pixie Dust. With a little help from his friends he creates an invention he's positive will help. However the day they start using the machine the dust starts to make the make the fairies magic topsy turvy! With one disaster after another Terence is sure he' s a failure, to his talent guild and to the fairies. But with a little encouragement from some friends and belief in himself he might find there is another explanation to this dusty problem.

:D

I'm also working with Lost Magic don't fret, it coming along.

I'm also working on a one shot for Lyria during Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure that deals with Lyria, Viola and Queen Clarion.

AND I'm thinking of doing a one-shot Vidia's feelings toward Prilla, Tink, Rani, Terence and Queen Clarion.

So much to do! So much to do!

<= Antea for those who are wondering. She's real!

Fairy Dust, Tink, Vidia

Todays mood: Content

So let me just start off by telling you how this review thing is gonna go. First I'm going to list the book, the characters in the book, and my up to five star rating of it. Then I'll give you synopsis, then my opinion then the pros and cons of the book and finally wether it's worth buying or not. So umm yeah here goes nothing!

Title: Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg

Author: Gail Carson Levine

Characters: Prilla, Tinker Bell, Rani, Vidia, Mother Dove, Queen Calrion, Terence, Beck, Bess, Moth(Fira), Dulcie, Kyto, Soop, and the Hawk

Rating: Five Stars

Synopsis: Prilla, Fairy Haven's newest fairy is a bit of an oddball. She uses clumsy phrases such as pleased to meet you, sorry, and pardon me, wants to shake hands and curtsie to the Queen, and over all acts more like a clumsy then a never fairy. What's worse she doesn't even know what her talent is! The Never Fairies don't know what to make of her. Then to make matters worse, a hurricane hits Neverland and destroys it very source of magic. Now it's up to three brave fairies to take a dangerous quest to save not just Fairy Haven but all of Neverland itself.

Opinion: Fairy Dust was the offical birth of the Disney Fairy francise and I must say having Gail Carson Levine write this story was one of the smartest things Disney has ever done for itself in years. I've been a fan of GCL since I was a wee thing and read Ella Enchanted. I was all to happy to find out she had written about Tinker Bell, who had been a favorite Disney character of mine for a while. And I wasn't disapointed in this novel. GCL created a fantasy utopia. She took the bits of information JM Barrie provided us with and built on it a grand and facinating world. The Never Fairies though the undoubtable heros of the story, are shown to be, just as Barrie described, a bit snobby and self-interested. They want very little to do with the Clumsy world, or much of any other world for that matter (Other then Rani and her obsession with Mermaids and Pirlla) You could go even further and see that each fairy wanted very little to with another fairies talent. they might have appreciated it, but no one was going to admit that another talent was better then theres, or that they might even have the tiniest smidgen of intrest in another talent. Everyone was completly talent obsessed, and it ran there entire lives. Tink was a great asset to Gail. She kept Tink very much into character from the novel Peter Pan and the movie. She's not nice, but she's not bad either. She's just self obsorbed and talent orintated. In my opinion Tink was never any better then Vidia when you think about it. She didn't exactly welcome Prilla with open arms. I also thing Vidia was a good cahracter, and I give Gail kudos for creating her. again we have someone who is self-centered, mean spirited and michevious, but not a villian. In fact in some parts Vidia is more a hero then any of the others. And her sacrafice with the dust at the end, her staying when Prilla begged, and her getting emotional over Rani's wings prove she's really not bad at heart. I think (As some one put once) "Vidia honestly thinks she's the only logical sensible fairy in a world of idiots" and some times I have to agree with that statement. Prilla was a very good proagonist. Most kids the age that the books were written for, are going through the same internal struggle she is, what am I good at? Where will I fit in society? What difference will I make in the world? These are all things Prilla had to explore and answer and the answers didn't just magically come all at once. No Prilla had to struggle with many things, and not just the quest, she had to deal with rude and nasty people, people trying to force her to do somthing she knew she couldn't do, struggling to find friends, to be appreciated. All things everyone deals with at some point in there life. Maybe not at a young age, but when we get older. That's why I think so many can connect with Prilla. She's just like a lot of us. Looking to find who we are. Terence gave the book a good bit of male spice. To me Terence showed the reality of love. That it's not all rainbow and sunshine. It's a mess of tangled up complex issues. Terence didn't get Tink by being a "nice guy" which is what her is naturally. He didn't get her with a charming smile and a few well placed lines and he doesn't get her because he does somthing heroic. Terence just doesn't get Tink. That happens a lot in real life. People fall in love, but no matter how hard they try or what they do, there love is never requitted. You also have to give Terence his props for keeping at it. That shows true and honest and pure love. When you can be walked all over, ignored and pushed around and still think the sun shines from there butt. (Which Terence obviously does). Terence knows Tink is a nice girl, he knows she isn't interested in him, and he knows she isn't about to change, but he still loves her, and he loves her for all the mentioned reasons. Kudos Terence, you truly have a pair of balls XD As for Rani, I can't say much for her. I didn't like her nor did I like the Queen or the Dove. but there is somthing you don't like in every book and it would be stupid to hate a book just because a few minor things. Rani was tolerable enough that I didn't completly dislike her and there wasn't much of Queen Clarion thankfully. Over all this story was not just fantasy and fun with some well written characters. It's also a good life lesson about coming of age and finding out just who your going to be. I think people of any age could enjoy and connect with this book. I toast GCL for this masterpiece and I recomend this book to anyone! (My mother and grandmother both LOVE this book)

Pros: The story is one, one can easily connect to.

The Characters are all characters we can understand, feel for and learn from.

The story moves fast enough to keep your attention, but slow enough that you can keep up

They way she words things I really feel like I'm there.

It's good for the whole family.

Cons: Queen Clarion and Mother Dove are treated like gods which bothered me

Rani's continoues crying

Worth it: Def worth your money! A book you can read over and over again!

Title: The Trouble with Tink

Author: Kiki Thorpe

Character: Tinker Bell, Terence, Rani, Prilla, Queen Clarion, Vidia, Dulcie, Violet, Peter Pan Rating: Four stars

Synopsis: Tink has always been the best Tinker in Pixie Hollow, no doubt. But when she loses her hammer during a game of tag, things suddenly turn topsy turvy. Everything Tink works on turns out worse then when she started. Tink knows she needs another hammer.But her spare is in Peter Pan's hideout! and she's to scared to go get. Will Tink have to give up Tinkering forever? Or will maybe, with a friend's help, Tink be able to work up the courage to go visit her old friend?

Opinion: the first four books from the series are in my opinion all the best. We didn't have any oocness and amazing original plots. The Trouble with Tink though stands out to me as the best of the best though (Though Lily's Pesky Plant and Vidia and the Fairy Crown come in as a close second) Why you ask? because it had everything! It had the internal struggle with Tink while she tries to figure out what to do about the hammer, it has the outward struggle as she messes up things in the Hollow, and falls out of favor with all but a few fairies. It has a twinge of romance between both Tink and Terence and Tink and Peter. And finally it has just a true feel that this isn't some secluded area in Neverland that has nothing to do with Neverland really, but it has the feel that this is just merely a part of Neverland and they are just as much Neverlanders as Peter Pan or the Pirates or anyone else on the island. It was this story that first drew me to Terence and it is this book that kept me liking him all these years. He in every way reminds me of my best friend (without the having a crush on me thing) He is caring thoughtful and very willing to help. Several scenes I was touched but what he did for Tink even when she was mean to him (Ex: He brought her a muffin and milk even after she snapped at him and told him to leave) the scene when he offered to go with Tink to Peter's remains my favorite moment in the fairy series. Not because of the romantic sense it has but just the whole thing with Tink putting all her trust in Terence by telling him her secret, and then revealing Peter Pan(somthing she never tells the other fairies about). And then Terence getiing the jist that Tink was embaressed over the whole ordeal and not asking questions or needling for more information. Instead just simply offering to go with her, to help her. That to me is what true friendship is about. Understanding and trusting blindly, without any prove or information. Those two are the eptiome of being best friends and it shows immensly in this novel.

Pros: Tink is Tink which is a good thing

More Terence time!

The story isn't some silly book trying to teach some pointless moral, it's just good clean fun.

Peter Pan makes an appearance and we learn about him and Tink's history

Two words: Prilla Vidia

Cons: A bit of a lag in the middle of the story

Vidia is made into a bit of a bad guy

The ending miffed me, it still felt unfinished

Worth it: Yes! This book is worth the five dollers you have to fork out for it

Title: Vidia and the Fairy Crown

Author:

Characters: Vidia, Prilla, Queen Clarion, Tink, Rani, Grace, Rhia, Lisel, Cinda, Adien, Lymphia, Nora, Twire, and Duce

Rating: Four Stars

Synopsis: Vidia is know for her sour additude, and rude remarks, but is she a theif? When one of her comments is turned against her after the Queen's Crown goes missing, Vidia is charged with stealing the crown! She has a day to prove her innocence, or face banishment from the Hollow forever. It's going to take a miralce to pull this off, or a certian redhead fairy.

Opinion: Vidia was always a favorite of mine fairy wise. I've always enjoyed seeing misunderstood characters rise above the prejudice and Vidia always seems to do that. In this book we are shown how mistreated Vidia is among the Never Fairies. She's always the first to be blamed for everything. Did it ever occur to the fairies that the crown might have been misplaced? Or that through the attendents carelessness it ended up in somelse's hands? No. But it sure occured to them that Vidia could have stole it! After all she's done for them and there kingdom and they still treat her like that. but does Vidia let the prejudice get to her? Nope, she just keeps being Vidia. Plain and Simple, and she always shows those silly fairies she's not responsible for every mishap in Pixie Hollow. Here as she fights for her innocence she is joined by another misunderstood fairy. Prilla. The fairy understands that Vidia is Pixie Hollow's scape goat and despite Vidia's sometimes uncessiary nastiness Prilla steps in and offers to help her when no one else will. And though Vidia never says it flat out, she shows Prilla she is thankful for her help. We also met some great fairies here. My favorite being Adien the crown repairing sparrow man. but all were fun to aquaint with, and many made it into future stories.

Pros: Vidia being the hero for the second time

Tink and Rani being made a fool out of! (I love Tink but it's great to see her being put in her place sometimes)

Meeting fairies from different talents

The growing friendship between Prilla and Vidia

Cons: Queen Clarion's random and unfair punishment (I mean banishment? Vidia stole feathers from Mother Dove and got away with less! Isnt feathers from Mother Dove more important then a silly crown?)

This book also ended with a feeling is was unfinished.

Worth it?: YES! Vidia and the Fairy Crown is worth the five dollars.

These were a good batch of books. I enjoyed them all. The next four I'll be doing (As soon as I finish them) are Beck and the Great Berry Battle, Lily's Pesky Plant, Rani and the Mermaid Lagoon and Tinker Bell Takes Charge.

and as a last thought. I will be doing a "chapter book" of my own that I plan on illustrating (I'll put the illustrations up on my Deviantart) on Terence. The book is roughly titled "Terence and the Dust Disaster" of cource Terence will the main character but we will also see a lot of Prilla(since next to Tink she is Terence's best friend) Rani, Myka and Jerome(Dust Talent that appears a few times in the book series and comics) Belive it or not Tink won't be in it much. Lyria, Vidia, Lymphia, Antea, Silver Mist, and Tor are all going to appear too.