Prose (Story): Book three in the comedy-suspense adventure series for kids picks up three days after Revenge of the Living Ted, where young Lisa Marie and her stepbrother Vernon find themselves flying solo when a government agency has taken away Bearvis and their teddy bear army to be studied ... just in time for Grizz, the arch-nemesis they thought was now defeated, to return with a new plot involving now taking over the entire world via a new, insidious invention. What can the kids, especially without their friends, do when teddy bears everywhere - really, really angry ones - start springing to life, determined to rule?
Don's (Review): Easily in my top ten favorite children series of all time, book three - just like its predecessor - joyously escalates both the suspense and scale of possible disaster with Grizz's latest plot. The mayhem here extends way beyond the young siblings' small town/community, and seeing evil teddies (via Cosgrove's always glorious, always funny illustrations) come to life in the middle of London, taking to the streets with destruction on their minds, really sets a new bar for what Lisa Marie and Vernon need to do, in order to stop them. Bearvis returns, of course, Elvis-y as ever, and even in the middle of trying to thwart the villain's most complex, dastardly plot yet (which includes a gigantic, King Kong-sized teddy the kids must somehow vanquish, no less), author Hutchison still fnds time to interject plenty of humor, some of it laugh-out-loud, even while building suspense and character. The fact that an epilogue of sorts hints at a potential fourth book doesn't hurt, either; this children's series is so charming and funny, its characters and plots so well-drawn, I'm here for it till the end. 4.5/5 stars
NOTE: I received a free ARC of this title from NetGalley and the publisher, in exchange for an honest review.
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