Spirited V03 Greenhouse of Horror by Liv Livingston, Glass House Graphics and illustrated by Anna Volcan is due in July 2024. Therefore, as books one and two, this was read via an online reader copy. Book four is due in October 2024 but I’m still looking for a reader copy. However, if you want to read all four at once, in mid-November 2024 the collection of all four books will be available in a boxed edition. And honestly, I think you should (or use your child as an excuse to buy them, but read them yourself) get them all at once. But I understand if you can’t wait, as they are a howling good time.
We have a living girl, her werewolf/werepup and vampire BFF, and lots of ghosts and even the ghoul cheering squad, but this time we do not have a big “confrontation” like the others because we are focused on how people are treated differently when they are different, and the solution is not to confront them, but to show them how fantastic being different is. Because there is more than one way to slide up a slide. My one complaint (well not complaint, but not sure about) is that Liv sends a note to her parents asking if she can go to the plant shop after school by a bat, and her parents are not weirded out or anything, just “Sure, that’s cool.” And “I didn’t know bats delivered mail.” (I am wondering about Liv’s parents’ sanity).
Books one and three are tied as my favorite (but if I must choose, I do lean towards three, as I am a bit of a fan of the snappy dragons). And book two is also ghoulishly fun, but I liked the idea of plants taking over the theme of being different (though I’m on the fence about cuddle vines).
The usual cute, bright, bold colors and the right amount of details tops things off. They are happy, cozy and if they were food, they would probably be marshmallows.