Tink North of Neverland, Beck Beyond the Sea, Dulcie

Title: Tink North of Neverland
Characters: Tinker Bell, Terence, Twire, Silver Mist, Iridessa, Tor, Rosetta, Fawn, Peter Pan, the Lost Boys
Rating: Five Stars

Synopsis: TINK AND TERENCE are best friends. But sometimes Terence, well . . . he gets on Tink's last nerve. So when Terence accidentally squashes Tink's favorite bowl, her anger flares up and she lets him have it! But Tink soon realizes she made a mistake. How can she make it up to Terence? With a bunch of Never flowers? Or legendary pixie dust? Tink sets off an an epic quest through Never Land. She's never failed before . . . and she's not about to start now!

Opinion: This was just all around a great book. Good writing style, good characters (Tinker Bell and Rosetta ecpecially), good story about friendship.
It had just a little bit of everything, adventure, fairy lore, internal conflict, physical conflict, jealousy, romance and just a pinch of learning to forgive and foget thrown in there too!
Tinker Bell and Terence are off having fun one day when twire drops in (litterally) with a compass. Tink takes the compass sure she can fix it, but the compass soon causes disaster in the workshop and to Tink and Terence's friendship. Tink yells at him in typical Tink fashion and blames him for the disaster. So Terence leaves feeling upset about the whole ordeal but not really mad. This is the closest we ever get to seeing things through Terence's eyes. After leaving Tink he vows not to bother her ever again, he runs across Silver Mist water skating. Sil seeing his disapointment takes him water skiing. Tink stumbles upon them laughing and having a grand time. At first she tries to wave at them but when Terence ignores her and Sil doesn't see her she gets miffed and leaves. The next day Terence is on his deliveries when he sees Iridessa in a flower. Wondering what she is doing Dessa shows him how she makes fireworks. Terence is amazed and helps Iridessa develop even better ones . Tink too finds this and it makes her feel lonely and upset that Terence would rather be with Iridessa then her. That evening she goes to the courtyard waiting to hear a story, and waits for Terence to come get her so they can find seats. Terence who is already there sees her but remembering his vow doesn't call her and instead lets Rosetta sit there. Who gets Terence to smile because she gives him a lovely smile of her own. Tink sees them and again feels hurt that Terence is happy to be with Rosetta. Tor the story teller tells the story of the ancient Pixie Dust Tree and its ruin. After the story Tink asks Fawn is they should invite Terence and Rosetta to the tea room. Fawn agrees but before they reach them Rosetta hears her favorite song and asks Terence to dance. Terence agrees and the teo fly off. Tink is left embaressed hurt and jealous. And this sets the stage for her journey through Neverland to show Terence she is still his friend.
Pros: Twire's back
Tor's story was fantastic
It was great to see Terence interact with the other girls and not just Tink
Peter Pan and Tink's scene was better then the first time around
The resolution to the problem was fabulous
Cons: You know I really can't think of one!

Yes this story sounds a lot like Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure. That's because it was inspired by this book (it even says so in the credits) Personally I think it could have been great just to make this into a movie but I see why they couldn't. And besides Lyria's story was better XD

Title: Beck Beyond the Sea
Characters: Beck, Mother Dove, Terence, Tinker Bell, Fawn, Vidia, Queen Clarion, the Explorer Birds, and Spinner
Rating: One star

Synopsis: Beck is very happy with her life, chatting with animals and taking care of Mother Dove. Still, she can't help but wonder what lies outside of Pixie Hollow? Are the tales of stripped oceans and talking sands true? Then beck meets a flock of Explorer Birds and has her chance. With Vidia's specila fairy dust, Beck can fly faster and farther then ever before. She joins the far-flying Explorer Birds, to see what;s beyond the sea. But why would selfish Vidia help Beck? Is it possible she just wants Beck to leave Pixie Hollow...for good?

Opinion: So go to the absolute best to the absolute worst book in the series. There were so many things wrong with this book I wanted to cry.
1. Why would Beck actually leave in the first place? She's Mother Dove's caretaker for goodness sakes! She should be there by the birds side 24/7. She's sappousedly really close to her! so she's just gonna leave, just like that? Wow a dumb move on her part.
2. Why would Beck take Pixie Dust from Vidia? Again how stupid is she? Did it ever click with her that this is Vidia's "special" dust? The one she got by plucking Mother Dove? Who by the way is you CHARGE! God your so stupid. And did it ever occur to you Beck that you should check the bag? I mean you apparently know that Vidia is no good.
3. Vidia would NEVER give anyone her dust just like that. She parctically had to beat herself up to give it to Prilla in there time of greatest need. She's not just going to hand over dust for some plot, which by the way. IS STUPID
4. Vidia's not a dumb-ass. She's not going to give Beck somthing with her damn name on it. So that if Beck returns she'll be able to prove it was Vidia who gave it to her. I mean goodness Vidia tricky and sneaky not....thoughtless
Ohh the whole this was ridiculous. I was a joke of book. Vidia isn't that STUPID and she's not that BAD. She's not a villian at all. And poor Beck got subject to becoming an idiot too.
and what's with Queen Clarion's punishment. For christ's sake. You almost banned her because she might have taken a crown. So all your going to do this time for plucking Mother Dove again is ground her? Woman learn how to punish people! Get some brains for crying out loud!
There were only two redeeming properties of this book.
1. Terence. Terence seems to save everybook he's in from absolute disaster. Terence AGAIN shows how much more logical and sensible he is then everyone else. He too enjoyed the spot Beck did, but instead of wanting to leave the Hollow he simply came for the view. He tells Beck of Spinner and then explains why it's probably not true. When Beck tries to leave the first time he tries to warn her not to go. Why? because he's actually INTELLIGENT! Later when Vidia accuses Beck of plucking Mother Dove all the fairies are buying into it (Yeah because Beck of all people wants to pluck Mother Dove, and because Vidia's never done it before) Terence is the only one who steps up and tries to help Beck prove her innocence by asking for the sack. He's trying to be rational about the whole mess. And when the sak is delivered Terence is the only one who thinks to check for signs that it's Vidia's sack. He's much more collected then everyone else. There fore, he is the only character not overly retarded here except
2. Spinner. He doesn't appear till the end, and he only gets pictured once but he leaves such an impression on you you want to see more of him. He's cute and witty and very polite, as far as Never Fairies go.
Pros: Terence's logicalty
Spinner
Cons: Horrible story
Bad characterization of everyone
Another show of how BAD Queen Clarion is
Made me want to puke
Worth it: NO!


Title: Dulcie's Taste of Magic
Characters: Dulcie, Ginger, Dunkin, Mixie, Queen Clarion, Rani, Silver Mist, Lily, Iris, Pluck and Pell, Maisy, Ava, TinkerBell, and Lymphia
Rating: Four stars
Synopsis: Poor Dulcie! After the overworked baking fairy nearly ruins breakfast, Queen Clarion tells her to take a holiday. But Dulcie's vacation is no fun. Her friends are too busy to spend time with her. And worse the bossy new baking fairy, Ginger has taken over Dulcie's job!
Then Dulcie stumbles across an ancient magical recipe in the library. She's desperate to try it. But how can she bake the mysterious comfort cake is she's not allowed in the kitchen?

Opinion: After the horrers of Beck Beyond the Sea, Dulcie's Taste of Magic was a welcome relief. I've always liked Dulcie she seemed like a studious hard worker, similar to Lily, with a big heart. She proves to be just that. She just wants to make everyone happy with her cooking.
The baking talents appreciate Dulcie, and she appreciates them, and it shows.
There's nothing extra ordinary about this book, just a fairy trying to prove she can still bake, but it was sweet and enjoyable and well written.
The only downer was Queen Clarion who once again shows she FAILS at being a Queen. I mean it's once thing to tell a fairy whose out of sorts to take a rest or a quick nap before coming back for lunch, but to kick her out of the kitchen and tell her not to use her talent again? What the heck was that?
Pros: Dulcie's personality
The book's illustations
exploring the kitchen talents
Cons: Queen Clarions lack of judgement
Nothing grand about the story
Worth it: Yes actually it is

Well there you have it folks. We just got the worst book in the series. And the best. And Dulcie's which was nice. Next I'll review Silver Mist and the Lady Bug Curse, Fawn and the Mysterious Trickster, Rosetta's Daring Day, and Iridessa Lost at Sea.