The Keys to the Kingdom: Lady Friday; Book 5.

I finished my house project that kept be busy enough to get through five of these books, so I think I'm bailing here. The fifth installment ran the same path as the previous four, with my same praises and criticism. To the author's credit, I did get the sense that it all started to "come together" in this book, which was refreshing to see finally, but it ended up just kind of being a mess. When reviewing the first book, I said that I was willing to forgive some plot weaknesses given that its a children's book series, but I just couldn't get over how much the plot "happens" to Arthur. Because character development is non-existent, any given character really could have been replaced with any other character, save a few of the more interesting side characters. I have to imagine even kids would get tired of the literal divine intervention that happens over and over throughout this series.

Overall, the series (up to this point) is enjoyable. But don't expect Pendragon/Charlie Bone/Artemis Fowl.