Jinx on the Divide

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A Stylish Finale - Rated
This engaging and thought-provoking tale is the third and final instalment of the Divide trilogy. Laugh-out-loud funny one line, nail-bitingly tense the next, Elizabeth Kay is as quirky and witty as always. Ironclaw, the obsessively mathematical griffin, has to be one of the most memorable non-human fantasy characters in children's fiction. A smashing tale to delight the whole family, with a spectacularly original ending. Leaves you marvelling at how well you can spend money.

Beware of boxes with a mind of their own! - Rated
Fans of the first two books of Elizabeth Kay's "Divide" trilogy will love the third and final one. Felix has to cross the Divide again because of the stupidity of his classmate Rhino, who gets trapped inside a magic lamp. Felix teams up with Betony again, and with Fuzzy (who was just a chick in "Back to the Divide", but now she's a teenager who goes to squawk clubs and thinks she's really smooth). They encounter even more new creatures, including snagglefangs and troggles. But the Jinx box proves to be the most powerful and dangerous of all - more dangerous even than the dreaded Snakeweed. Everything gets sorted out eventually - with the most amazing and unexpected ending. At the end of the book I was surprised to find there are some puzzles and "outtakes" and other stuff which aren't in the hardback. They're good fun!

Jinx on the Divide - sniff - Rated
I loved 'The Divide' and its wonderful sequel 'Back to the Divide' and sure, don't get me wrong the main part of the finale of the trilogy is excellent but I couldn't think of a worse way to end it!
I was sniffling but maybe I'm just soft. Please Elizabeth Kay! You write really well but please write one more book that undoes the ending of 'Jinx on the Divide'. I can't bear to think of Felix and Betony - although they are entirely fictional - being confined (I'm trying not to give anything away).
Despite saying this, it is a really good book and if you are a Divide fan - read it.

And now, the end is near.... - Rated
'The Jinx on the Divide' completes this fantastic trilogy by Elizabeth Kay. Although I prefer 'Back to the Divide', Kay is true to form with a great plot, characters who have developed wonderfully over the series (Felix is particularly petulant in this book)and with a moral that weaves itself seemlessly into the story.

Despite the great characters in the book, there was one from BTTD that I really missed - Turpsik, the one-eye, fish obssessed poet. I really like her. Perhaps she could have a little spin-off poetry collection published.

Sadly, this is the end and Kay finishes with a very satisfactory ending. It will be interesting to see what she comes up with next.

There's no Jinx like this Jinx - Rated
After reading The Divide I thought it was impossible for Elizabeth Kay to produce a more tightly packed novel. I was wrong. Back to the Divide was faster, funnier and had more twists in it than a bucket of electric eels. How she has managed to cram even more plot twists and an even more ingenious villain (the Jinx Box) into this last book of the series is stunning.

If you aren't blown away by Elizabeth's amazing writing skills then you don't know what an outstanding fantasy novel is. But don't take my word for it, read it yourself!