I have enjoyed the first two parts of this series, but not this third one. The author’s struggle to find the outcome to this adventure, whether to continue transitioning into a transgendered girl or whether to revert back to being a boy, was very noticeable here; it is the way the dreams are used in this part of the story which gives me that strong impression.

The dreams felt as if it they were first grabbed onto as a means of exploring both options without having to make that decision. It felt as if next a decision was made, a decision made while in the middle of writing. The back and forth shift in time and perspective, from the final results and back to the developing rage which precipitates it, appears to me to be a way of keeping that which was already written with the dreams being left in as a means of hooking the reader in without leaving them feeling cheated by prematurely revealing the solution to the mystery, the decision and/or final outcome.

The first two parts have been so very good that I sincerely hope the author continues writing and completes this story. This portion of the story though should either be restructured and rewritten or scrapped altogether and replaced.

Just going to toss this out there and see if anything sticks: One of the characters that made their first appearance in The Princess and the Plague, Pete, deserves to be brought into the story more.

very good in it's own right and really it was never given the chance that it deserved. She abandoned the story I think from the negative comments and people telling her how and what to write.