100 Pages A Day...Stephanie's Book Reviews

Raven Birchfield's life isn't getting any easier.  After dealing with a possession by Mary of the nursery rhyme Mary, Mary Quite Contrary and helping her best friend Candy through a possession by Little Miss Muffet, it seems that it is her brother Johnny's turn.  After Raven's mom forgets about Johnny's birthday, Raven rushes to find him a present.  After sifting through her Aunt Bestla's things, Raven finds a blue bomber jacket that she knows Johnny will adore.  Raven figures out just a little too late that the jacket is connected to Little Boy Blue and her brother has turned into an overconfident, boastful, thief.  To top it off,  Raven and Johnny's father who left on Johnny's seventh birthday has return inexplicably and their mother accepts him back with no questions.

 

Blue is the third book in the Once Upon a Rhyme series and should definitely be read after Mary, Mary and Muffet in order to get to know the characters and how the nursery rhyme possessions work. Blue follows the same pattern as the first two books; however, now Raven has a better understanding of how things work and a friend she can trust with the craziness.  Blue's possession was a little different since his evil characteristics weren't shown outright. Raven and Candy liked Johnny a lot better as Blue and so did he, but Blue's possession was the darkest and had the most potential for harm.  I'm still confused about how a bomber jacket is tied to a 16th century historical figure as well as why the graveyard exists.  Although, the intrigue has built up with the return of Raven's father as well as the growing connection that Raven's classmate Dex seems to have with everything.  

 

 

 

This book was received for free in return for an honest review.