2.5 Stars!
Obviously, because I’m me, I have to read Book #4 first, and then jump right to this last one. I have high hopes that I’ll actually get to learn why Jack Frost is being particularly evil in this series specifically. (And there’s your first mistake, Diya, because we don’t learn shit.)
I would’ve given this book five stars just for having Rachel and Kirsty be dance partners and learn the waltz together… if it wasn’t so annoying! Literally, 95% of the mess that Jack Frost creates is because the fairies don’t invite him to shit. I know he’s the worst and we shouldn’t reward bad behaviour, but please put us all out of our misery and at least send him the invite. I’m so sick of him getting pissy about being left out and then taking that out on the human world instead of the real culprits - King Oberon and Queen Titania. (Maybe shoot your ice beams at them instead of Rachel and Kirsty, because yes, he tried to shoot ice beams at them again.)
On top of that, Jack Frost didn’t even learn a lesson! I have no issues when he gets rewarded at the end, provided he learn a valuable lesson. He did not deserve to go to the ball. You know who did though? That one goblin who had the decency to say thank you to Eva after she provided them with transportation.
I don’t know why I was so focused on this plot point, but I love that they brought back the dresses that Phoebe the Fashion Fairy had made for them in her book. (Talk about a throwback!) At first, I was like, why would you wear dresses from like, 50 billion books ago? But then I got over it because at least we’ve acknowledged that some time has passed since then. Everyone say thank you to Sue Mongredien for putting in that the girls have grown taller! (Even though it’s implied that these dresses will always fit them because they’re magic.)
Eva giving the girls an upgraded version of those dresses was a nice touch. (Does anyone else think Phoebe’s the type of fairy to be offended by that? Because I think she absolutely is.)
While we’re on the topic of dresses, I really liked Eva’s design! I think it might be my favourite of all the Princess Fairies, and I liked that detail of Kirsty mentioning Cinderella when Eva’s design makes her look like Cinderella in pink. The gowns she made for Rachel and Kirsty were gorgeous and I just know that if I had read this at six years old, I would’ve been in awe. And I like how the other Princess Fairies changed into gowns too. I think the only fairy I’ve ever seen wear something other than what’s on her book cover was Flora the Dress-Up Fairy.
random thoughts that I wouldn’t have had if I had read all the previous books first:
-If the ball that Jack Frost was initially not invited to was in honour of the Princess Fairies, was it like a coronation, or were they just getting their wands or something?
-All my love to Queen Titania for coming in clutch by messing with Jack Frost’s spell so the tiaras are all redirected to the Golden Palace.
-I didn’t realize that Jack Frost was going to stay in that tower from Elisa’s book the entire time. I actually kind of love that because there’s no way for the other kids or even the organizers to enter that area since it’s so dangerous. Rare moment of intelligence from Jack Frost.
-Ah, so even though Jack Frost has the tiara, he still can’t have the perfect ball because the magic only responds to Eva. (Did he even try to do anything when he had Elisa’s tiara?)
-Rachel has to have a death wish because she got hit with an ice beam and nearly froze to death three books ago.
Celebrity Appearances:
-The Dance Fairies, helping the girls with the waltz off-screen.
-The Music Fairies, performing at the ball, but for some reason not all of them (It was just Poppy, Fiona, Danni and Sadie.)
I want to end off by saying that the only reason this book even got two stars from me was because Rachel asked Kirsty to dance with her, and I want to frame that last image of them dancing together at the ball. It was a perfect ending!