The Problem Child (2006)

Sarcasm is the name of the game in this series. The characters are sarcastic. The author is sarcastic. Even the villains are sarcastically evil. How much sarcasm can one person take? I prefer to read this in small doses. That way I don't get an overdose, though book three amps up the thrills by offering conclusions to a couple of the most tantalizing problems that the girls have faced. Thank goodness that they don't draw out the same old problems to string readers along. Oh wait, they do! The Red Hand gets a new leader behind the villainy in every book and he just throws it out there right at the end to keep the reader around for another book to come. I feel as though I've been duped, but I can't stop now until it's all over. ( )

Red Riding Hood--parents found but still asleep. ( )

The kids and I enjoyed reading this book together. ( )

Even though I still hate the narrator, I'm going to keep on with this series. The Grimm's search to recover their family is interesting enough to overcome the snotty twelve year old point of view. ( )

Didn't enjoy this one as well as the first two in the Sisters Grimm series. However, Buckley's Red Riding Hood was interesting. A twisted fairy tale for ages 8-11 that once more ends with another story on its way.