I'm getting boring with 3* for the last 8 volumes in the series ... this one drifts close to 2*. 
 The book opens with a double whammy of the oft-mentioned bad science combined with the not infrequent impossible-to-visualise scene. 
 The Mortmain Mountains are bizarrely cube-shaped and have the expected vast vertical cliffs... one of which our heroes are hurtling toward in a loose caravan. This then begs the question ... how is there a slope for them to hurtle down? And the broader question about how a car is driven to the top of the tallest such mountain... 
 Anyhow - this hurtling caravan is stopped with drag chute and by pouring a sticky combination of cooking ingredients on the wheels... a witches' brew containing as an ingredient that famously sticky substance ... uh ... olive oil... 
 Anyhow - we get some Quagmire action in this volume and ... wait for it ... snogging! 
 Sunny has a bunch of solo scenes with the enemy in which she shows her language, walking, and cooking skills all improving. 
 Olaaf is deserted by some old cronies and meets some new ones. Carmelita Spats is back - yay! And we get to see the VFD head-quarters, albeit in reduced circumstances. 
 The Sugar Bowl features - the ownership of which become the driving force behind much of the remaining series. 
 Um.. there's a frozen waterfall, a variety of highly strained VFD acronyms, including the somewhat risible Verbal Fridge Dialogue. 
 Issues of good vs evil and the greying of the space in between continue to feature. 
 Celyn enjoyed it - for me it was one of the weakest volumes, just not really managing to be much more than a collection of things that happened. 
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