Cornelia Funke and Anthea (RTL) Bell - Inkdeath

Pros: Beloved characters return; wonderful fantasy and imagery

Cons: Much darker than its predecessors; not nearly enough Meggie

The Bottom Line: If you enjoyed the first two books, you must conclude the trilogy. Just don't start here.

Review: I fell in love with Cornelia Funke's Inkworld in the first two books of her trilogy, Inkheart and Inkspell. In them, Funke introduced a world made of my favorite things: words. Protagonists Mo and his daughter Meggie have a special...

Pros: fantastic adventure; exciting characters; colorful description of fantasy world...

Cons: a couple of challenges

The Bottom Line: If you think you'd rather just watch the movies based on these books, you don't relate much to our heroes who love books. 4 stars.

Review: Soon another children's fantasy world, this one created from the agile mind of novelist Cornelia Funke, will be brought to a theater near you and I wish I could assure you that it will be animated, but I only know that the first of the trilogy,...