This one is one of my favorite volumes yet (maybe even my most favorite). I love that it gave little looks at multiple plots, and every addition felt important and carefully chosen. It was also just too freakin cute to see the end of the Forger family cruise plot hehe :3 ( )

I think the cruise ship story would have been better if it were complete in one volume. Instead, I have it's last chapter and epilogue tossed off in the opening pages of this book when I have already lost momentum on it after months of waiting. And then the rest of the book consists of filler stories with the main cast having some well-earned downtime before we veer off into mediocre tales spotlighting the side characters like the dog, Franky, Nightfall, and Becky Blackbell (who is still called Becky Blackwell in the cast list due to some editorial lapse that's been occurring for most of the series now). To top off my disappointment, Eden Academy now has a Dolores Umbridge-type running around tossing out demerits.

Spinning wheels. Here's hoping next volume finds some traction again. ( )